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f, contextual interpretation suggested by the editors |
in sources, literal reading
There is no accidental before the 4th semiquaver in the 2nd half of bar 119, which means that it should be read as f
3. Similarly, in the next bar a corresponding note, when interpreted literally, is an f2. What is more, in FED Chopin added fingering over the discussed note and did not question its sound. In spite of this, an oversight of naturals returning f3(2) seems to be highly likely:
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the preceding f is included in the fragment of a chromatic scale and most probably both Chopin and the pupil considered them not as a separate alteration, but as a part of the chromatic sequence from f to c.
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reaching the discussed notes, both Chopin writing A and the pupil performing at the lesson were already most probably thinking about the last crotchet in the bar with its clearly diminished four-note chord, including an f, and not an f.
Taking into account the above, in the main text we add naturals before those notes.
Compare the passage in the sources »
category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources
issues: Omissions to cancel alteration, Errors of A
notation: Pitch