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

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GE1
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. 323-324

 in A (literal reading→GE→FE,IE)

Long accent in A, contextual interpretation

No marking in EE

The fact that the  mark visible in A is a long accent is confirmed by  used by Chopin in an analogous situation 4 bars earlier. The absence of the mark in EE is one of a few oversights by the engraver in this place – see the next notes.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents, Errors in EE

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw