A
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A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Later impression of GE1
GET - Toruń copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French Edition
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
FEFr - Franchomme copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English Edition
EE3 - Later impression of EE1
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  b. 33

A wedge in A

A dot in GE

No sign in FE (→EE)

The trace visible in FE in the place where one could expect a staccato dot (on the basis of GE serving as the base text) may mean that the dot was deleted in proofing. This, however, offers us no certainty as to whether Chopin actually intended to delete the staccato sign from over the discussed sixth, as:

  • the trace may be due to a printing failure not connected with deleting the dot;
  • almost everywhere throughout the Nocturne ​Chopin consistently marked the endings of such short ascending motifs with wedges.

In such as situation, we consider it a better solution to leave the wedge written in Chopin's hand in A.

Compare the passage in the sources »

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa