In both autographs the accent in this bar is shorter than the previous ones, although – particularly in AI – it is not entirely certain whether the difference is to be regarded as significant. Taking into account the different rhythmic value of the chord, we assume that the accent's length is correlated with it. Just like in the previous bars, the accent in AI and AF is closer to the L.H. part, which, according to us, is an inaccuracy. In the main text we reproduce the combined 
> marks, typical of Chopin, after GE1; the marks are an appropriate ending of the preceding crescendo. The separate accent in GE2 must be a revision.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions
issues: Long accents, GE revisions
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins