In the main text, we suggest the accent added by Chopin in FED as a possible clarification of performance. While writing the Concerto, Chopin could have considered an emphasis on the minor subdominant, breaking the strictly diatonic sequence and preparing the eventual consolidation of a new key, A major, to be obvious; however, the pupil's performance of this place apparently lacked in the relevant importance.
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