EE1
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FC - Fontana'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 - Another copy 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. 57-67

cresc. - - in bars 57-60 in FC

cresc. in FE

cresc. - - in EE

cresc. - - in GE1

cresc. - - in GE2 (→GE3)

The difference in the scope of the dashes marking the range of the cresc. indication are probably non-authentic. The lack of dashes – total in FE and partial in FC – is most probably a result of inaccuracies of the engraver and copyist. The engraver would often forget about the dashes, whereas the copyist would lead his to the end of the page, which makes their later omission highly likely. The version of GE1 is certainly erroneous (dashes led to the end of the line), while the addition introduced in GE2 (→GE3) – non-authentic (which, however, does not exclude its compatibility with Chopin's intention). In this situation, we consider the version of EE to be most certain, in which the range of dashes can correspond to both the notation and intention of Chopin.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE, GE revisions, Inaccuracies in FC

notation: Verbal indications

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