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A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
CGS - Copy by George Sand
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESch - Scherbatoff copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE1a - Corrected impression of EE1
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1a
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No indications in A (→FCGE, →FEEE) & CGS

in FEJ

 &  in FES

( & ) – our variant suggestion

Both versions of the dynamic indications written in the teaching copies point to the use of the echo effect. The entry in FES, which, as it seems, defines a more distinct contrast, was written by Chopin most probably on a piano music rack, which is evidenced by a characteristically careless handwriting. Therefore, it would be an 'on-the-go' remark, aimed at stimulating the pupil to a more suggestive performance. The entry in FEJ suggests a subtler difference and was most probably addressed to a person with more advanced piano skills. In the main text – having faith in the performer's intuition – we give the indications of FES, since they are clearer.   

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies, Annotations in FES, Annotations in FEJ

notation: Verbal indications

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