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The ritenuto indication is written only in Morch, in the part of clarinets. It is difficult to say why Chopin did not include it in A – perhaps he simply forgot it or did not feel the need to emphasise the slowdown he had already marked in bars 301-302 as poco a poco rallent., which is most probably still valid here (to bar 316). Due to the reminding nature of this marking, we suggest it in the main text in a variant form.
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notation: Verbal indications