FE1
Main text
A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
IE - Italian edition
IE1 - First Italian edition
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 &  in A, literal reading

 in A (contextual interpretation→GEFE,EE,IE)

 in A, possible interpretation

The presence of two mutually exclusive dynamic indications in A can be explained by an unfinished correction – Chopin first wrote one indication and then the other one, probably planning to erase the first one together with the other marks that were supposed to be removed (e.g. the staccato dots in bar 102 or  in bar 155). However, the corrections remained unfinished, hence it is uncertain whether Chopin wanted to restore , in accordance with the dynamics at the beginning of the Sonata, or to introduce , which would provide the recapitulation with a different expressive nuance. According to us, the first possibility is more likely, hence in the main text we provide . A similar conclusion was reached by the reviser of GE (→FE,EE,IE).

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

issues: Corrections in A, Errors resulting from corrections, GE revisions, Errors of A

notation: Verbal indications

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