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 f1 semiquaver 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.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources
issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in FE, GE revisions, Inaccuracies in A
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins