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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 127-130

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

6 staccato dots in bars 129-130 in GE

5 dots in bars 127-128 and 4 dots in bars 129-130 in FE (→EE1)

5 dots in both in EE2 (→EE3)
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In the main text we give 10 staccato dots after EE2. Such an articulation is an obvious addition to the articulation of our principal source, i.e. FE, in which the staccato dot over the 2nd crotchet in b. 129 was overlooked. As far as GE are concerned, it seems that both the absence of dots in b. 127-128 and the dot at the beginning of b. 129 resulted from mistakes, i.e. an oversight and a routine addition, respectively.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 131

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

on first beat in GE & EE

on 2nd beat in FE
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The placement of the  mark in FE must be inaccurate and was corrected in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 144-145

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

1 slur in GE & FE
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The additional slur is an arbitrary revision by EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 147-150

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No marks in GE

4 staccato dots in bars 147-148 in FE (→EE1)

5 staccato dots in bars 147-148 in EE2 (→EE3)

5 dots each pair of bars suggested by editors
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In accordance with the explanation in the note to b. 127, in the main text we include the set of staccato dots of FE in b. 147-148 (the set was completed in EE2). Moreover, we suggest adding dots in b. 149-150 (in square brackets).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 151

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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There is no cautionary  to f2 before the 1st R.H. quaver in FE (→EE1) and GE. In this context it is a patent inaccuracy (probably by Chopin) – two cautionary accidentals are present in all sources both 2 bars further and in the first phrase of this section, in b. 131, 133 and 135. The accidental was added in EE2 (→EE3).
Moreover, in FE (→EE1) there is no  raising d2 to d2. The mistake was corrected in EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in FE , Cautionary accidentals