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A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Later 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. 139-142

A probable interpretation of the accents in A (→GEFEEE)

An alternative reading of the accents in  A

Considering their shape and location, the accents in bars 139 and 142 in A must be viewed as short ones, and this is how they were interpreted in GE (→FEEE). This is also consistent with Chopin's notation used in similar situations in bars 120, 122 and 134. However, the marks are big enough to stir some doubt; Chopin might have wanted to have long accents here after all, as accented notes are sustained longer (cf. also bar 146).

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Long accents

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Warsaw