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(Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

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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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  b. 148-149

Long accents in A

 in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

In A the  marks in these bars are half the length of the one in bar 147 and are definitely long accents. In GE (→FE,EE,IE) they were considered identical with the mark in bar 147, which, according to us, does not comply with Chopin's intention.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, GE revisions

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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