GE
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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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  b. 77

No mark in A, EE & IE

Staccato dot in GE (→FE)

The staccato dot added in GE (→FE) is an arbitrary decision of the engraver or a mistake. Two similar sequences in the R.H. part (bar 73 and 75), in which it is also the first, longer octave that is devoid of a dot, prove that it was also in this case that Chopin did not write this mark on purpose. The compliance of EE and IE with the A version can be explained by revisions aimed at standardising this bar after bar 73 and 75. 

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issues: EE revisions, GE revisions,

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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