EE1
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FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
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  b. 43

in FC (→GE)

No sign in FE (→EE)

In a different situation, the  mark, added by Chopin in FC, could be considered a long accent on the 3rd beat of the bar. However, in this case, a comparison with analogous bars 7 and 15 reveals that it is the interpretation adopted by GE that is correct – a  hairpin from the 2nd beat to the end of the bar.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins, Authentic corrections of FC

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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