The harmonically vague and sonically awkward version of A (→GE1→FE) raised doubts already in EE and GE2, in which the penultimate quaver was changed – by analogy to bar 218 – to c
1 (EE) or d
1 (GE2). However, it is uncertain whether Chopin meant a strict analogy here, since he did not preserve such an analogy in the part of the R.H. This supposition is confirmed by a correction introduced in FED and this is the version, performed during lessons with Chopin, that we give in the main text. According to us, there is also another possible interpretation of the notation of A, assuming the occurrence of the most frequent Chopin mistakes – an oversight of cancellation of an accidental placed earlier. It leads to the last of the given versions, in which the last two quavers are c1-d1.
category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources
issues: Annotations in teaching copies, EE revisions, Annotations in FED, Omissions to cancel alteration, GE revisions, Errors of A, Accidental below/above the note
notation: Pitch