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WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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b. 31-32

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

c2-e2 repeated in JC & PE

c2-e2 tied in EF
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In EF, holding the c2 and e2 notes is probably an arbitrary change introduced by Fontana.

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b. 31

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No marking in JC & EF

 in PE
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In the main text we give  included in PE. The occurrence of this so characteristic for Chopin indication is one of the arguments for the authenticity of the base text of PE. Similarly in bar 32.

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b. 31-32

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No slurs in JC

Slurs in EF

Slurs in PE
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In the main text we give the slurs – one in the R.H. and two in the L.H. – after PE. The slurs – one in each hand – are also in EF. 

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b. 31

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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We add a cautionary  before b2. The sign is already featured in EF.

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issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 31

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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In JC, there is no  before the upper note of the octave on the 6th quaver of the bar. It is an evident inaccuracy of the notation.

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issues: Inaccuracies in JC