In FE (→EE,GE1) before the 8th note from the end of the bar, there is no accidental, as a result of which it should be formally interpreted as e
1. It must be Chopin's oversight:
- the entire fragment from b. 89 to the beginning of b. 96 is in the key of G major; it is e1 that belongs to this key, and not e1. Therefore, Chopin could have considered the use of e1 to be obvious, particularly since in the 1st half of the run e2 appears twice, as part of the diatonic sequence (7th and 13th small quavers). It is even likely that he considered the
before the 7th note to be valid also here – cf. b. 232. If Chopin had actually heard e1 in this place, he would have probably marked it with a flat, since it was an alteration. - the discussed note along with the next two ones seem to constitute another semitone chromatic sequence, which naturally implies e1, even without thinking of the current key. In addition, it explains both Chopin's oversight of and the absence of a correction in FED, in which this note is provided with a fingering digit – it is also the pupil that most probably interpreted it as e1.
Therefore, in the main text we add a before this note; this addition was also performed in GE2 (→GE3).
category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources
issues: GE revisions, Omission of current key accidentals
notation: Pitch
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