The main text – the 8th g quaver – comes from A (→FC→GE1,→FE→EE). However, the analysis of the corrections visible in A in the final section of the Prelude leads to the conclusion that it may be the uncorrected initial version and that the intended note was a b
, like in analogous b. 57. Chopin changed the pitch of the middle triplet notes in 12 places in b. 49-66, out of which 6 times from g to b in the broken E major chord. In this situation, it is likely that the first bar of this section remained uncorrected inadvertently (Chopin would overlook a correction in one of a few similar places on a number of occasions – see, e.g. the Prelude in F
Minor No. 8, b. 17).
Therefore, the version of GE2 (→GE3) with b may be considered an equal variant.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information
issues: GE revisions, Omitted correction of an analogous place
notation: Pitch