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A1 - Working autograph
CJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy
CK - Kolberg Copy
CB - Balakirev Copy
EL - First edition
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  b. 34-35

No indication in A1 & CB

sempre piano in CJ

sempre  in CK

sempre  in EL

In the main text we adopt the notation of CK, actually equivalent to CJ, yet more natural to interpret. It is difficult to say whether the absence of the indication in CB is an oversight or – which seems to be more likely – a purposeful omission (the indication may be regarded as superfluous after  in b. 33). The version of EL may be considered alternative in relation to our interpretation of CK – it was the beginning of sempre that was deemed reliable, whereas in our transcription we kept the placement of .  

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Balakirev's revisions

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