FE1
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A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French Edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English Edition
EE2 - Second impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 8-10

No staccato sign in A (→GE1FEEE)

A dot in GE2 (→GE3)

The editors' suggestion

 

The comparison of all the twelve analogous places leads one to the conclusion that differences in staccato markings in A are accidental. Wedges appear in bars 12, 44, 90, 94 and 96, most probably also in bar 6, while the dot only appears once - in bar 92. In the remaining five instances (bars 8, 10, 38, 40 and 42) staccato signs are missing altogether. Explaining that situation with possible subtle nuances between particular motifs or phrases – for instance, in bars 37-44 the wedge appears only at the end of that section - seems far-fetched considering the visible haste with which A was written down. There is no correlation either between staccato signs and slur lengths (cf. bar 6). Taking all this into consideration, we make the notation of that detail uniform  in all the above-listed bars .A similar solution was adopted in GE2 (→GE3), yet with dots used in all those places instead of wedges. 

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Warsaw