FE1
Main text
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. 407

Short accent in A (literal reading), EE & GE2

Long accent in A (possible interpretation) & GE1 (→FE)

The accent in A seems to be short; however, when the note head of the minim had not been set in bold type yet, the impression could have been different. Therefore, it may be possible that it is actually the accent in GE1 (→FE), clearly longer than the accents in bars 401-402, that reproduces the proportions between the accent and the note head before it was set in bold type, hence written by Chopin's hand. Since a long accent seems to be more appropriate in this case, in the main text we give a sign in the form interpreted by GE1.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, GE revisions

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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