The version of AsI and A with f3 as the topmost note of the chord on the 2nd beat of the bar is almost certainly erroneous, and it was d3 that was intended by Chopin from the very beginning. It is supported by:
- d3 here in Af, written almost certainly earlier than A;
- melodic analogy between the motifs at the beginning of bars 255 and 257 and the ascending sixths, d
1-d3-b3 and f1-f2-d3, respectively; - d3 in FE1 (→FE2), which, with respect to the erroneous version of GE1 (see below), must have resulted from proofreading, most probably Chopinesque;
- the natural character of the octave piano position.
What is more, the discussed note is written in A inaccurately, hence in GE1 (→EE) it was reproduced as e3. In GE2 (→GE3,FESB) it was changed to d3, which could have been one of the changes suggested by Chopin, if we were to assume that he took part in the editing of GE2.
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issues: Terzverschreibung error, GE revisions, Errors in the number of ledger lines, Errors of A, Inaccurate note pitch in A, Authentic corrections of FE, Inaccuracies in A, Errors repeated in GE, Errors repeated in EE
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