A
Main text
AsI - Working autograph of score
A - Autograph fair copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE1
GE3 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FESB - Later French edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 268

No marks in A

Accent on d1 in GE (→FE)

2 accents in EE

It is highly likely that Chopin overlooked the accents, since they are present in the analogous figures both in the previous bars and the next one. It is difficult to assume that Chopin would have wanted to forgo accents, especially the one on f1, which is crucial for the modulation to the key of the final polonaise. The transition to a new page in A (the discussed bar opens the page) was conducive to distraction. The indicated harmonic context suggests that it is also the addition of an accent only over d1 in GE (→FE) that seems to be a mistake or misunderstanding in the implementation of the proofreading corrections. Therefore, in the main text we include the revision of EE, which gives both accents, over d1 and f1.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions, GE revisions

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wiedeń