GE2
Main text
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESf - Schiffmacher copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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  b. 570-572

Arpeggio signs in GE2 (→GE3)

The chords in b. 570 and 572 end identical two-bar phrases, which differs them from the chord in b. 568, which ends a four-bar section built of two different two-bar phrases. A gradual reduction in melodic variety along with diminuendo, which started in b. 567, are the next stages of losing energy and calming down the music in this section. Therefore, it is likely that Chopin considered the abandonment of arpeggios as one of the elements of that fading. Due to the above reason, in the main text we leave the notation of A and of the majority of the sources without changes. However, Chopin could have stopped writing arpeggios, since he considered them obvious at that stage or he could have simply overlooked them. Therefore, the version of GE2 (→GE3) may be considered an acceptable variant. See also b. 568-572.

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notation: Ornaments

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