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A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy
FED - Dubois Copy
FES - Stirling Copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Revised impression of GE3
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
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  b. 70-71

4 staccato dots in A

No signs in FE (→GE1)

6 dots in EE & GE2 (→GE3GE4)

Contrary to the slurs, which in the entire meno mosso section are generally placed only on the top stave, the staccato dots were written in the parts of both hands. Chopin, however, was not consistent in A, which was influenced by a few factors:

  • considering dots written over the bottom stave to be referring to the parts of both hands (the first two quavers in bars 71 and 75)
  • a more accurate indication of a few fragments in A (bars 69-74, 77, 93-94 and 98) as a model for all similar situations;
  • oversight or lack of space between the parts of both hands written on the bottom stave (the 2nd quaver in bar 94).

Admittedly, FE overlooked numerous dots written in A, yet in a few other places they were completed in the proofreading (bars 81-8285-8789-90). According to us, it proves that Chopin considered the homogeneous articulation of both parts to be valid and he tried to mark it in the possibly most accurate manner.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, Errors in FE, GE revisions

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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