GE4
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A - Autograph
FE - French edition
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
GE2 - Second German Edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Revised impression of GE3
GE5 - Corrected reprint of GE4
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
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  b. 47

Inverted long accent in A (→FEGE1GE2)

Short accent in GE3 (→GE4GE5)

No mark in EE

The sign written by Chopin in A is in this context undoubtedly a reversed sign of long accent. Such signs are not very frequent in Chopin's autographs, yet they are always present next to a second (usually semi-tone) step upwards – introducing an expressively important note. The accent was correctly reproduced by the engraver of FE (→GE1). In GE2 (→GE3GE4GE5) the reviser included a common short accent, whereas in EE the sign was totally overlooked.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE, GE revisions

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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