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Crotchets suggested by the editors |
According to us, the minor differences in the notation between these bars and analogous bars 423-424 do not indicate a different performance. Reducing the number of performance markings when repeating similar fragments is a quite frequent phenomenon in Chopin's music; it does not have to be an inaccuracy – cf. e.g. the note to bars 200-206 in the Bolero, op. 19. However, in the case of the additional crotchet stems for the c1 notes, a reason for their omission (and the pedalling markings) could have been simply haste. Due to this fact, in the main text we suggest holding the bass note, as marked by Chopin for the first time.
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