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WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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PE
Main text
JC - Jędrzejewicz Copy
PE - First Polish Edition
EF - Editions by Fontana
FEF - French edition by Fontana
GEF - German edition by Fontana
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  b. 82

Chord with a in JC & EF

Chord without a in PE

In the main text we give the chord without the a note, as it is in PE. Chopin, as was characteristic of him, achieves here a more transparent sound by reducing the number of notes.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

notation: Pitch

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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowego Instytutu Fryderyka Chopina, Warszawa