Chopin's intention concerning the placement of the accent is uncertain. The change of its position in GE (→FE→EE) is almost certainly of a random nature, since in the version of A (→GE), in which there is a sole a
2 at the beginning of the bar, it does not influence the meaning of this sign. After adding the d2 note in FE (→EE), the position of the accent may suggest accenting the bottom or top note of the d2-a2 fifth. In the main text we give an accent in the place where Chopin saw it while proofreading FE.
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category imprint: Differences between sources
issues: Inaccuracies in GE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins