The authenticity of the diminuendo indication included in EE does not raise any doubts, although one cannot entirely exclude an editorial revision under the influence of analogy with bars 15-16. It seems to be more likely that Chopin overlooked the discussed place at the time of completing performance indications in GC – bar 79 is the first one written out with notes after the 10-bar-long briefly written section, which could have distracted the composer. In the main text we include the indication of EE in the form in which Chopin would write similar indications in GC (see the note to bars 33-34).
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notation: Verbal indications