Main text
Main text
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - First French edition
FEFo - Forest copy
FEH - Hartmann copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2a - Altered impression of GE2
GE3 - Second German edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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In FE (→GE), the last quaver in the L.H. (e) was placed under bin the R.H., which does not correspond to the rhythmic relationship resulting from the even filling of the last three semiquavers in the bar with small notes in the R.H. It may correspond to the notation of [A], but neither the first publishers of Chopin's pieces nor the composer himself were always precise in this matter. Due to this reason, in the main text we place that according to the rhythmic division, just before the 7th note of the roulade (g1). In EE, the quaver was placed even later than in FE (after c2), which must be an arbitrary decision of the editor (we reproduce this notation in graphic transcription only).
The performance should be based rather on intuition than on the geometry of the notation or strict calculations of rhythmic proportions, since both the context and the very notation suggest a sense of rhythmic freedom in this place.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE inaccuracies

notation: Rhythm

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