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According to us, Chopin wanted the e1 note in the 1st quaver in the top voice to be printed in a smaller font as belonging to the orchestral part only (to avoid ambiguities in the main text, we move it to the upper stave).
The thesis is supported by the following arguments:
- it is natural that the shape of the accompaniment is clearly outlined from the 1st figure; beginning the line of the top voice from e1 delays and hinders the development of the characteristic, wavy motif;
- the version without e1, which we adopted in the main text, is present in analogous bar 54;
- where the solo part begins or ends, the engravers would impart wrong values to certain notes on a number of occasions, e.g. in the 1st mov., bar 486 and 671.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions
issues: Inaccuracies in FE
notation: Pitch