Chopin erroneously wrote the syncopated c2 note on the 2nd quaver in the bar as a double dotted crotchet. The mistake was only noticed by FESB, which tried to amend it by replacing the dots with a semiquaver, connected to the crotchet by a tie (in this place there is actually no tie, but this must have been the reviser's intention, which is proven by the ties in analogous situations in b. 77 and 89). Rhythmically speaking, the notation is correct; however, it is unclear due to the arrangement of the notes – the added semiquaver was placed not over the last quaver in the bottom voice, but right next to the crotchet. In the main text we suggest the same rhythmic values yet correctly arranged and beamed. Chopin used a similar notation in the Prelude in C
minor, Op. 45, b. 7, 11 and analog.
Similar situations are to be found in b. 77 and 89.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources
issues: Rhythmic errors, Errors of A, Errors repeated in GE, Errors repeated in FE, Errors repeated in EE
notation: Rhythm