The marking represents an earlier, less developed dynamic concept – the next indication in FCI would be the whole-bar mark over the R.H. part in b. 32, in the final version replaced with a long accent in the middle of that bar. In A, in the discussed bars, Chopin initially wrote other markings too – two more or less whole-bar marks.
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information
issues: Corrections in A, Deletions in A
notation: Verbal indications