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Main text
AT - Autograph of a fragment
AW - Presentation Autograph
CDP - Copy for Delfina Potocka
GC - Gutmann's Copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected reprint of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected reprint of GE1
GE1b - Flawed impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected reprint of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 57

4 dots in AW & FE

5 dots in CDP, GC (→GE) & EE

Same as in the case of slurs, in the main text we give 4 portato dots, on the basis of the authority of AW and FE. However, one has to state that in the majority of the sources coming from [A] one could see 5 dots. Therefore, it is possible that it is indeed Chopin's last intention in this respect (the version of AW would be simply earlier then and FE – inaccurate).

However, there is also a possibility that the number of dots should be related to the slurring – continuous slur in CDP and EE to determine the performance in which after d3 there is a breath and 4 portato quavers requires writing 5 dots. In turn, after separating the last 4 quavers with a slur, it is only they that need dots in order to indicate the portato articulation. The latter, independently from source issues, seems to be clearer. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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