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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. 226

Long accents in A

Short accents in GE (→FEEE)

The figurations, based on the same idea, appear six times in total – also in bars 230, 234, 236, 238 and 240. Out of 24 accents written in A in the part of the R.H., 18 are clearly long accents and only 3 are ambiguous and 3 – short. In this situation, in the main text we give long accents in all places. In GE1, FE and EE the signs were reproduced inaccurately – some were overlooked and the majority was given the form of short accents (in bar 240 EE has vertical accents). Except for the dubious last accent in bar 226, nothing indicates possible Chopin's interventions in this respect. GE2 includes all accents, but all of them are short.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in GE, Inaccuracies in FE

notation: Pitch

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