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WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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b. 72

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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We add a cautionary  before f1. The sign was already featured in EF.

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b. 72-73

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

Repeated third in JC & PE

Tied third in EF
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The ties sustaining the d1-f1 third in EF do not find confirmation neither in the remaining sources nor in analogous bars 76-77, which significantly reduces the probability of their authenticity. The struck third at the beginning of bar 77 is confirmed in PE by the portato articulation marking for this quaver.

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issues: Fontana's revisions

b. 72

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

b1 in JC

Tied b1 in EF & PE
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In JC, lack of the  raising b1 into b1 in bar 72 is probably an error of the copyist, similarly as lack of tie holding this note. The natural in bar 73 is featured in all sources, yet we omit it in the places where the note is sustained (cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 3).

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issues: Errors of JC

b. 72-73

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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issues: Errors of JC

b. 73-77

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No markings in JC & EF

 in PE
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The indications , defining the echo effect together with  in bars 72 and 76, are a characteristic example of the developed notation of [A] (→PE). Cf. bars 68-69.

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