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Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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FE
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A - Autograph
FE - French Edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German Edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Second, revised impression of GE2
GE4 - Third impression of GE2
EE - English Edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Later impression of EE1
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The accent in A is clearly longer than the three previous ones. In GE, similarly as in the entire Impromptu – it was interpreted as a regular, short accent. The short accent is also in FE and EE. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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