GE1
Main text
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. 43-44

in FC

in FE (→EE)

in GE

The  hairpin in FC was extended by Chopin so that it ends more or less where the mark in FE (→EE) does. Both marks encompass bar 44, in which the R.H. part motifs – the two-note ending of a descending motif (in a 'strong-weak' scheme) and a rest – practically excludes the performance of a crescendo. Therefore, it refers to the L.H., particularly to its top voice. This sheds new light on the extension of the hairpin in FC – it was probably an attempt at fixing the copyist's mistake without resorting to deletions. Due to the above, in the main text we give the FE hairpin, most probably corresponding to the [A] notation.
In GE, the mark was shortened in order to avoid the rest (since the mark was referred to the R.H.).

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors of FC, Authentic corrections of FC

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw