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Slashed grace note in A |
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Grace note without slash in GE1 |
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Medium-size crotchet in FE |
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Normal-size crotchet in EE |
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Grace note without slash in GE2 |
It is a very instructive example of how the accumulation of minor inaccuracies of subsequent editions transformed the acciaccatura in A into a regular crotchet in EE (the crotchet in FE is printed in a font of intermediary size, used in the orchestral part). All changes concerning the a
1 note are most probably erroneous, whereas placing it over the rest in GE1 seems to have been forced by lack of space.
The fingering written in FED in the next two bars suggests that the fragment was developed in more details during lessons with Chopin. Therefore, one can ponder why the composer did not react to the erroneous notation of FED. According to us, performing the a1 as a crotchet could have been accepted by Chopin when phrased accordingly.
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issues: EE revisions, Inaccuracies in GE, Inaccuracies in FE, GE revisions
notation: Ornaments
