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b. 216

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

No marking in FE (→GE1)

in EE & GE2 (→GE3)

[] suggested by the editors
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Just like in b. 72, in the main text we suggest adding a  asterisk in accordance with the harmonic content. The mark was also added in EE and GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 216-218

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No marks in sources

Staccato dots suggested by the editors
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In the main text we add staccato dots to the L.H. crotchets, in accordance with the markings of GE in the preceding bars, and in the case of the 1st crotchet in b. 218 also in accordance with b. 139. The markings could have been overlooked by accident, since these bars open a new line in GE, which is conducive to such inaccuracies.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 216

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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The deletion visible in A reveals that Chopin initially wrote a crotchet stem for the a2 quaver; eventually, however, he decided to replace it with an accent.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A

b. 216

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

2 staccato dots in A, probable reading

No marks in remaining sources

8 staccato dots suggested by the editors
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Both dots visible in A over the first two R.H. semiquavers are quite far from the notes and clearly not in the same line (vertically speaking); therefore, one wonders whether they are not accidental spots. However, the dots are clear and regular, while the shifts with respect to the notes they probably concern are similar both in terms of distance and direction. Therefore, we assume that they are staccato dots with which Chopin indicated a slightly different type of articulation – most probably lighter – of the  semiquavers. In the main text, for the sake of clarity, we suggest adding dots in the entire 1st half of the bar.
The markings were not included by GE1 and the remaining editions, perhaps due to the atypical placement described above. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in GE

b. 216-217

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Slurs divided above rest in A (→GE)

Slurs divided above barline in FE (→EE)
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The FE (→EE) slurs almost certainly resulted from inaccuracies in the reproduction of the A notation, committed by the copyist or by the engraver, or by both.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE