Ap
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CLI - Copy by Linowski
Ap - Presentation autograph
FE - French edition
FEcor - Chopin's FE proof
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
GE5 - Fifth German edition
EE - English edition
EE2 - Second impression of [EE1]
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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 & accent in Ap

Accent in FE (→GE,EE

Our suggestion

The accent visible in FE (→GE,EE) should be rather interpreted as a short one, yet in FE even shorter signs were used, e.g., in the Etude in C major, No. 1, bars 1-2. Also the sign put in Ap (next to ) resembles more an ordinary short accent. However, the long accents written by Chopin in FEcor in analogous bars 12 and 39 clearly indicate Chopin's intention concerning the type of accent he wanted to use.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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