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p. 4, b. 43-58
p. 1, b. 1-8
p. 2, b. 9-25
p. 3, b. 26-42
p. 4, b. 43-58
p. 5, b. 59-77
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  b. 51

 in A (contextual interpretation→FCGE)

 in A (literal reading→FEEE)

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

Missing markers on sources: A, FC, FE1, FE2, FED, FES, FEJ, FESch, GE1, GE2, GE3, EE1, EE2, EE1a