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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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  b. 9

in A (→FCGE)

in FE (→EE) & CGS

In A the arms of all 3  marks in b. 9-11 are of a different length, which hampers the determination of their range. In the main text we assume that it is the bottom arms of each of those marks that are reliable, which offers coherent results – the hairpins in b. 9-10, which constitute a progression, are almost of the same range, while the one in b. 11 leads to an expressively important chord, which additionally breaks the scheme of the progression and introduces the final cadence.

None of those marks was reproduced correctly in all the remaining sources:

  • the hairpin in b. 9 was clearly extended in FE (→EE);
  • the mark in b. 10 was reproduced in FC (→GE) rather after the top, longer arm; FE (→EE) overlooked the mark;
  • the mark in b. 11, although very clear, was overlooked in all the remaining sources. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE, Scope of dynamic hairpins

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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