GC
Main text
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. 37-40

  in GC (→GE) & GE

 in EE

Our variant suggestion

In EE, this four-bar section is provided only with  signs. The absence of  signs in bars 38 and 40 cannot be, however, considered as a mistake, as Chopin, in a similar way – with a pair of  signs – marked analogous bars 17-20. Therefore, it cannot be excluded that in bars 37-40 it is exactly the version of EE that corresponds to the final intention of Chopin. As the sources do not give basis for a clear conclusion, in the main text we suggest  signs in brackets, leaving their consideration at the discretion of performers.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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