Issues : Inaccuracies in PE
b. 10-11
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composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major
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In the main text we give the undoubtedly later version of the accompaniment written – with minor inaccuracies – in PE. The new shape of the accompaniment in this version was provided with slurs and the indication legato, probably by Chopin. The text of EF is a more precise notation of the earlier version, written in a partially draft form also in JC. In that last manuscript, it is three additional notes that draw attention; their meaning and relation to the remaining part of the notation is ambiguous. It could be, e.g., a draft of a new version of the bass line in this bar developed by Chopin. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information issues: Accompaniment changes , Inaccuracies in PE |
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b. 13-14
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composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major
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In the main text we give the accents after PE. Although the sign in bar 13 is unclear, the musical context and partial similarity with the unequivocal accent in bar 14 allow to consider it as a misprinted vertical accent. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Vertical accents , Inaccuracies in PE |
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b. 14
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composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major
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In PE, due to small gaps between the notes, the moment when the slur begins is unclear. In the main text we adopt the slur from the beginning of the bar, as in analogous bar 13. This is also how it was printed in EF, yet in this case the end of the slur is drawn until the g3-b3 third. The latter generally makes no difference. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in PE |
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b. 15
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composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major
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Lack of the lower voice in JC is certainly the copyist's oversight. The way of subscribing the last notes in PE suggests a simultaneous strike of the e1-c2 sixth, which could correspond to Chopin's intention, as such an edition would faithfully render the notation of [A]. For such a rhythm of the lower voice could have been easily written as , we consider the notation of PE as inaccurate and we subscribe the notes according to their rhythmic values. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors of JC , Inaccuracies in PE |
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b. 18
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composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor
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A comparison with the remaining 5 analogous places – bar 10, 42, 50, 114 and 122 – reveals that the longer slur in the discussed bar is almost certainly inaccurate. Therefore, in the main text we give a slur only over the group of quavers, as was performed in the other bars. category imprint: Editorial revisions issues: Inaccuracies in PE |