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b. 236

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

in FE (→EE)

in GE
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GE has a  occurring in GE instead of  could be a mistake, but it seems more probable that it is a revision based on the analogy with bar 240.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , fz – f

b. 236

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Long accent in FE, contextual interpretation

Hairpin in GE

Short accent in EE
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The mark placed in FE could be interpreted as a ​​​​​​​ hairpin, as in GE where it was even extended. However, in this context, it is most probably a long accent. The reviser of EE also recognized an accent in it, and reproduced it as a standard, short one. Similarly in bar 240.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 236

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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We add a cautionary  before b2 in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 236

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before a1. In EE cautionary accidentals –  and  – were added before the c1-e1 third.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 236-237

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

2 half-bar-long pedals in A (→GE)

Half-bar-long pedal in b. 237 in FE (→EE)

Our variant suggestion
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Out of the 27 half-bar accompaniment figures in three appearances of this theme (bars 68-72, 155-159 and 235-239), it is only in three of them that a change of the chord on which the figuration is based occurs in the middle of the figure, that is on the 4th quaver. The first time (bar 69) Chopin considered it in the pedal markings, whereas the next two times, right in the discussed bars, he did not. According to us, it is the composer's oversight, most probably resulting from haste in refining the manuscript (pedal markings were generally added to the finished text, in terms of rhythm and pitch, as one of the last elements of notation). Due to the above, in the main text we suggest a variant solution, with a possibility of releasing (changing) the pedal after the 1st triplet in each figure.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in A