GE1
Main text
AI - Earlier autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EEW - First English edition
EEC - Later English edition
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  b. 91-94

Arrangement of voices in AI

Arrangement of voices in AI

FE (→GE,EEC)

FE (→GE,EEC)

EEW

EEW

Our suggestion

Our suggestion

In AI the L.H. middle voice minims are separated from the chords; it was achieved by shifting the noteheads and by providing them with separate stems (from bar 92, since bar 91 is absent in AI). In the version prepared for print, Chopin gave up this idea, which could have confused the engraver of GE, who probably considered the missing tie to b in bars 93-94 a mistake. In the main text we suggest a compromise solution, in which we separate c1 in bar 92 and b in bar 94, that is the notes whose rhythmic values differ from the remaining notes in the chord. In EEW this voice is separated in a more consistent manner, which makes it undoubtedly clear, but it can suggest that this voice is more significant, which was not Chopin's intention.

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