Chopin added the suggestion to change the tempo – like all other performance marks – in A. Visible crossings-out indicate a change of the original idea; however, on the available photograph, one cannot see what was removed. In the main text, we place the indication in bar 65, in accordance with the notation of A (→FE→GE1no2). Nevertheless, it is highly likely that such a placement was forced by the layout of A – the end of bar 64 is squeezed at the end of the line, whereas on the above staff, there is the final version (f1) of the third beat of the bar, hence writing even a fragment of an indication in that place was impossible. Therefore, it cannot be excluded that moving the beginning of the indication over the 3rd beat of bar 64, introduced in the majority of editions, complies with the composer's intention.
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