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Issues : Errors of JC

b. 52

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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Before the first semiquaver on the 4th beat, CJ has erroneously a  (b2) instead of  (b2).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of JC

b. 53

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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In this bar, JC has two additional notes, which remained here as a result of an erroneous insertion of the 2nd group of four notes from the subsequent bar. The e2 note was removed, b1 i c2 remained despite adding the correct text. Also the unjustified in the context of quaver rhythm dot extending d1 on the 2nd beat of the bar remained. It is possible that the lack of a crotchet stem next to the note is also related to the described error.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of JC

b. 55

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No slurs in A1, CJ & EL

Slur in CK

Slurs in CB
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The slur of CK raises serious doubts in terms of both its range and placement – nowhere else does the slur encompass two such L.H. figures or is placed under the notes. Therefore, it is probably an inaccuracy or a mistake; it may have had something to do with a slur concerning only one of the figures or emphasising the bass sequence: c-A-G. Since it is absent in the principal source – CJ – in the main text we do not include this questionable mark. The slurs of CB are part of a comprehensive revision – see b. 6-19. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of JC , Balakirev's revisions , Errors in CK , Inaccuracies in CK

b. 59-60

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No marks in A1 & EL

Accent in bar 60 in CJ

Accent in bar 59 in CK

2 accents in CB

2 long accents, our alternative suggestion
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Since both CJ and CK are based on [A2], their differing versions cannot be true at the same time. However, there are no grounds to consider one of them to be more likely than the other. According to us, it is also likely that according to Chopin's intention, it was both minims that were supposed to be accented – it could have been Chopin himself that overlooked it in [A2] or both copyists at the same time. This version was implemented in CB, and we suggest it in the main text. As an alternative solution we suggest two long accents, whose application in this context – long notes – is closer to the Chopinesque practices concerning the choice of accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Errors of JC , Balakirev's revisions , Errors in CK

b. 60

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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In JC, under the lowest note of the chord, b, there is also g (without the extending dot), which is probably one of a few uncorrected mistakes (cf. e.g. bar 53).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of JC