GE1
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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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Long & short accents in A (literal reading→GE1)

Short accents in FE (→EE) & GE2

Long accents suggested by the editors

The first two accents in A (→GE1) are clearly long, whereas the next two look like short ones, which, according to us, is an inaccuracy – see bar 226. Both accents are actually written after the note, which was one of the manner of writing long accents in Chopin's previous pieces – cf. bar 230. It is also worth mentioning that the accent on the fsemiquaver played in the L.H. is even shorter. Unification of the accents in the remaining editions is an arbitrary decision of the engravers of revisers.

Compare the passage in the sources »

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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