FE1
Main text
½A - Semi-autograph
A - Autograph of the piano part
Morch - Manuscript of the orchestra part
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Retouched impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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  b. 194-196

Dashes in bar 194 in A

No dashes in GE1

Dashes in FE (→EE)

Dashes up to bar 195 in GE2

The dashes marking the range of cresc. are led in A only to just after the middle of bar 194. However, Chopin most probably meant a crescendo to  in bar 195, which was reproduced accurately in GE2.
Omissions of signs – in GE1 – are a quite frequent inaccuracy in first editions of Chopin's works.
While proofreading FE, the composer added dashes throughout three bars, at the same time most probably removing  in bar 195 and changing  to  in bar 197. It is the last version that we adopt in the main text.

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See b. 190

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE, GE revisions, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Verbal indications

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Original in: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris