The accent in A certainly concerns c3, and not the d
2-f2 third, as it was reproduced in the editions (cf. analogous bar 314 in the recapitulation). It is also unclear what kind of accent Chopin meant here, long or short. The sign is very similar to the short accents at the beginning of bars 162 and 164, yet it also does not differ significantly from the long accents in bars 159 and 161. Since the accent in an analogous bar in the recapitulation is clearly long, we suggest a version with such an accent also in this place.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in GE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins