



The version without flats, featured in A (→FE→EE), is perfectly correct from the musical point of view. In spite of this, it is almost certain that Chopin forgot to return a1-a
2 here; as a result, it is the version of GE that is compliant with his intention. It is revealed by the comparison with the prototype of this phrase in bar 15, in which the sound of a
1-a
2 was unequivocally confirmed by Chopin.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources
issues: Omissions to cancel alteration, Errors of A
notation: Pitch