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Issues : Dedications

b. 0

composition: Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

Dedication in A (→FE→GE1→GE2→GE3) & EE2

No dedication in EE1 & GE4 (→GE5)
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EE1 & GE4 (→GE5) does not include the dedication.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Dedications , GE revisions

b. 1

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

 
 

FE

EE1
 
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A (→GE), FE, EE1 differ in the dedication's wording - yet it concerns the same person. The A version does not precise to which of de Lobau sisters the piece was offered. We give the dedication according to the EE1, including full information concerning the dedication's addressee. In EE2 the dedication was removed.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Dedications

b. 1

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

The title and dedication according to GE (→FE)

The title and dedication of A after inclusion of the probable contents of the lost title page for the entire opus

Elements added in EE
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There are certain differences between the sources in the wording of the title given to the entire opus and to that particular Nocturne. EE is the most arbitrary in that respect, containing a sentimental and definitely inauthentic title "Les Plaintives".

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Dedications , Various titles

b. 1

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

 
 
 
 
 
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Four out of five known autographs include dedications. In AO, the dedication was placed under the last staff, on the right-hand side. The remaining dedications are written in the top right corner of the page, over the staff. In AE and AG, Chopin applied abbreviations, which we explain respectively:
- in AE: A Mme la Csse Eszterhazy = A Madame la Comtesse Eszterhazy,
- in AG: A Mlle Elise Gavard = A Mademoiselle Elise Gavard

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Dedications

b. 1

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

Title and dedication in A (→GE1)

EE1 and EE3

EE2
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The replacement of 4 Mazurkas with Quatre Mazurkas does not change the authentic title. However, the addition to the title in EE is definitely inauthentic; the English editor used to add the expression Souvenir de la Pologne to each consecutive opus of Chopin's Mazurkas. In EE2 the dedication was omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Dedications