FE1
Main text
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FEFo - Forest copy
FEH - Hartmann copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2a - Altered impression of GE2
GE3 - Second German edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 244

Staccato dot in FE (→GE)

Wedge in EE

It is highly likely that it was the reviser of EE that guessed Chopin's intention – it is not always easy to distinguish wedges from dots in autographs; engravers often had problems with their recognition. The wedge in the L.H. and the compliant wedges in similar situations two and four bars later support the mistake of FE (→GE). On the other hand, the discussed place shows a number of essential differences with respect to bars 246 and 248 – a single note and not an octave in the R.H., different preceding music, presence of ​​​​​​​. Due to this reason, in the main text we leave the dot featured in the principal source.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, Wedges

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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