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Issues : Errors in PE

b. 74

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

d4 in JC, interpretation

Tied d4 in EF

d3 in PE
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The pitch and possible hold of the 2nd quaver of the bar raise doubts in the sources. Both in JC and in PE, when read literally, the note is a non-sustained d3 quaver, whereas in EF – a d4 quaver held with a tie. In the case of JC, a total lack of the octave sign (embracing 7 quavers) is almost certainly a mistake. The situation is less obvious in PE, where the octave sign was not omitted, yet it starts only from demisemiquavers, while the tie is also absent in bar 70. This version, considered independently of the piece, would not raise any doubts, however, in the context of similar phrases in bars 62-63 and 70-71, it seems to be erroneous.

In the main text we give probably the only authentic version, written faultlessly in EF.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of JC , Errors in PE

b. 74

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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PE lacks the  lowering a3 into a3 in the 2nd group of demisemiquavers. The engraver's error (or maybe an error of Chopin himself) is indicated by a  in all remaining sources and the use of a notes in adjacent bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in PE

b. 76-77

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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In PE, there are no dots extending the semiquavers on the 1st beat of those bars – both in bar 76 and the first one in bar 77. They are patent errors, perhaps provoked by a too tight packing of notes in those places.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in PE

b. 76

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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PE has a  instead of a  before the 4th note in the L.H., which is a patent error. An identical mistake was committed in PE in bar 16.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in PE

b. 89

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

No fingering digit in sources in b. 89

'4' in sources in b. 89/113

'Variant' source version
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The digit '4' over the last quaver is present in the sources only the second time (bar 89/113). The mark in bar 89 was most probably overlooked by the engraver of PE (→GE). In the main text we give the complete notation of bar 89/113.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in PE