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Issues : Errors in PE

b. 22

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

Tied b2 in JC

Repeated b​2 in #FE

Rest in PE

Our suggestion
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At the beginning of the bar, both JC and EF have a b2 quaver (without any performance markings). The note in JC is linked with a slur with the previous b2 at the end of bar 21; the slur seems to sustain the note. In the same place, PE has a quaver rest, which, according to us, was erroneously inserted instead of a note (the engraver's error would consist in repeating the rest featured after the a2 quaver before it). In the main text we propose a version in which the described possible error of PE was corrected on the basis of the remaining sources. At the same time, we consider a possible in this context staccato dot over the note. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in PE

b. 22

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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In PE there is no  returning g1, which is a patent error. Similarly in bar 49, which is not written out in PE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in PE

b. 23

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

Arpeggio sign in JC & EF

No sign in PE
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In PE there is no arpeggio before this chord, which in this context is certainly an oversight. In JC, both signs of arpeggio in this bar are placed after chords. It seems to be one of the numerous graphic slips committed by the copyist (it also concerns bar 50, which is not written out in JC).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in PE , Inaccuracies in JC

b. 25-26

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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In the main text we consider the slur over four quavers in the L.H., despite the fact that, probably, it was recreated inaccurately. It is revealed by its range, which is not a natural consequence of the accompaniment's line. What is more, it cannot be excluded that the slur is a misread tie sustaining the f minim on the 2nd beat of the bar.

See bars 25-28.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in PE

b. 27-29

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No signs in JC

 in EF

 in PE

Our suggestion
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To the main text we adopt two  signs present in PE in bars 27 and 29. The first of them is also in EF (in JC there is no sign). In turn, we do not consider the short  at the beginning of bar 27, which seems to be left mistakenly.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Sign reversal , Errors in PE