FE1
Main text
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Retouched impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
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  b. 42-43

& > in FE

 &  in GE1

> & > in EE & GE2 (→GE3)

The proximity of the clearly long accent in b. 42 in FE makes us reproduce the accent in b. 43, being clearly shorter than the aforementioned one, as a short one. In turn, the difference between those marks was considered superfluous both in GE and EE. Due to the uncertainty as to Chopin's actual intention, the version of GE may be considered an acceptable variant.

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See b. 8-16

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, EE inaccuracies

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: The Fryderyk Chopin Institute Library, Warsaw