EE1
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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. 24

 in A (→GE2GE3)

An accent in GE1 (→FEEE)

None of the four hairpin marks  written in bars 24, 28, 32 and 36 in A is unambiguous. Those in bars 24, 32 and 36 have the shape and size typical for long accents, but they are not written under any specific notes, which is unusual in Chopin's autographs. The mark in bar 28 is too long and too wide to be an accent. Therefore in all the four instances we consider hairpins to be much more likely than accents. Both a long accent and a short hairpin mark carry a very similar message performance-wise, so the choice of one or the other possibility may have influence on the way in which a given motif or phrase is perceived. 

GE1 (→FEEE) have accents in bar 24, and diminuendo marks in the remaining places.  GE2 (→GE3) have hairpins in all the bars .

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in GE

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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