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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. 105

Long accent in A

Short accent in GE (→FEEE)

It is uncertain which type of accent Chopin considered here – the sign is significantly shorter than the next accent and a few others, but the difference to those in bars 99 and 102 is very small. Taking into account the syncopated nature of this minim and the fact that all surrounding long accents concern minims or minim-long motifs, we deem it to be long. 

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in A

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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