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A - Autograph
GE - German edition
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FE1 - First French edition
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EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
IE - Italian edition
IE1 - First Italian edition
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  b. 218

No marks in A

2 wedges in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

Performing the crotchets in this bar staccato, as in the preceding bars, seems natural, hence highly likely. However, Chopin did not mark it, as one can imagine a change to the kind of articulation due to the possible continuation of crescendo; in the main text we leave this issue to the discretion of the performer.

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issues: GE revisions

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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