b. 419-423
The notation of the sources, in which it is only the 2nd semiquaver of the four-note figure that was separated and prolonged, appears in such a context a few times – the 2nd figure in bars 419 and 421, the 2nd and 3rd figures in bar 423 and both figures in bars 442-443. In terms of rhythmic values, this notation generally does not differ from the notation used in the remaining figures; however, it shows the middle voice in a less precise manner. Therefore, it is difficult to assume that Chopin could have intentionally preserved both notations – according to us, this notation is the original version, left by inadvertence, hence in the main text we give the more precise notation of the remaining figures. Cf. similar figures in the Etude in C minor, op. 10 no. 4, bars 3-11.
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