FEF
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JC - Jędrzejewicz Copy
PE - First Polish Edition
EF - Editions by Fontana
FEF - French edition by Fontana
GEF - German edition by Fontana
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  b. 52-61

Voice attribution in JC (interpretation)

EF

PE, literal reading

PE, probable interpretation

PE, other interpretation

Determining which voice-division Chopin wanted to eventually apply in the chords on the 3rd beat of bars 52-53 and 60-61 encounters difficulties due to differences between particular sources and analogous bars, in this case JC due to its ambiguous notation. At the same time, the notation of JC may reflect the notation of [AIto a certain extent, as this kind of continuous put on the one side of the note heads stems of chords can often be found in Chopin's autographs. The notation of EF is almost certainly a result of Fontana's interpretation of [AI]. The version of PE, with its inconsistency, suggests similar difficulties in reading [A].

In this situation, apart from thoroughly recreated versions of EF and PE, we propose the most possible interpretation of JC and two interpretations of PE, going to the other direction. 

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

notation: Rhythm

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