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Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 34

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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GE2 (→GE3→GE4) and EE2 added superflous cautionary flats next to g in the L.H. and g1-g2 in the R.H. Similarly in bar 138.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 35

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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A has no  rising c to c. The gap was filled in already in FE1. In all sources a  is superfluously repeated next to the demisemiquaver c2; A and EE also have  next to c1 at the end of the arpeggio.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , FE revisions , Last key signature sign

b. 36

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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A (→FE→GE) has flats (cautionary?) next to the g1-g2 octave. EE omitted (deleted?) the signs, while GE2 (→GE3→GE4) added an extra  next to g in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 37

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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A has no accidentals before the first quaver. Sharps necessary to indicate notes c, c1, c2 were not written by Chopin until the last semiquaver, and only in the R.H. (the same pertains to bar 141, which is a repetition of bar 37). The editions filled in the essential signs (some or all):

  • FE added naturals next to the first R.H. octave;
  • GE and EE added all three essential naturals;
  • GE2 (→GE3→GE4) and EE2 added an extra  before c at the end of bar.

In the main text we leave only naturals at the beginning of the bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , FE revisions

b. 38

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

Seventh b−a1 in A (→FE→EE1)

Octave a-a1 in GE & EE2
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Corrections in A , GE revisions