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The dynamic mark in A is vague. The two partially overlapping 
marks, out of which the second is much clearer than the first, can be interpreted twofold:
- Chopin considered the first mark to be poorly visible; while entering the second one, he wanted to avoid it being possibly overlooked by the interpreters. This is how it was interpreted by Fontana in FC (→GE);
- the second was added to change the indication to
. This is how it was interpreted by the engraver of FE (→EE).
According to us, it is that fits better between two crescendos than – 
in b. 50 and cresc. in b. 52-54 – leading from 
in b. 46 to in b. 55, hence this is the version we give in the main text.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: Inaccuracies in A
notation: Verbal indications
