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b. 241-245

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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Just like in b. 225, FE are lacking in the  lowering c2 to c2. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 241

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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There is no  before the  mark at the end of the 1st half of the bar in FE. It may be a result of a misunderstanding related to the abridged notation of b. 241-260 in [A]. The mark was added in GE and EE.

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

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 241

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

g-e1 in FE (→GE)

e-g-e1 in EE
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Nothing points to a possible authenticity of the version of EE. It is probably a revision by analogy with b. 261 or a mistake, e.g. an unfinished correction of the e-e1 octave – the correct g note was added, yet the erroneous e note was not removed.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 241-242

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

b tied in GE

b repeated in FE (→EE)

Our variant suggestion
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According to us, both source versions can be authentic, although mistakes cannot be ruled out:

  • in FE the tie to b could have been overlooked, like the slur in this bar;
  • in GE one can assume an unfinished correction – the tie was printed by mistake instead of the tie from the previous bar, and one forgot to remove it after the correct one had been added (examples of such unfinished corrections – see, e.g. the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, III mov., b. 282 or the Ballade in F, Op. 38, b. 179).

Due to the above reason, in the main text we suggest a variant solution.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 241

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Slur in GE

No slur in FE (→EE)

Slur suggested by the editors
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The whole-bar slur of GE probably resulted from an erroneous interpretation of the inaccurate slur of [A]. Chopin would generally start slurs running from a note written in notes tied by one or a few ties either from the first or last of those notes, but never the middle one. In the absence of a slur in FE (→EE), in the main text we refer to an analogous situation in b. 182. In the version of GE in which b is tied twice, the suggested slur is tantamount to the one written down in the source.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE