b. 79
It is difficult to assume that the removal of the repeat sign for b. 79-95 was not consulted with Chopin. However, the issue is generally obscure, since A is the only source in which the repeat sign was marked – it is absent both in AsI and in the orchestral material GEorch (→FEorch). Therefore, if the repeat signs are not a mistake, at some point Chopin considered expanding the Theme by 16 bars to eventually, after having sent A to the publisher, return to the initial concept.
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations
issues: Chopin's hesitations, Authentic corrections of GE, Changed phrase length
notation: Shorthand & other