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WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 49

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No sign in JC & EF

 in PE

Possible interpretation of  in PE
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b. 50

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No signs in JC & EF

  in PE
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b. 51

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No sign in JC & EF

 in PE
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b. 52-53

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No signs in JC & EF

  in PE
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Dynamic hairpins in those bars are one of the improvements of notation in [A] (→PE).

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b. 52-61

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

Accent in JC

Accents &  in EF

Accents in PE
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We give the accents appearing in PE over the chords on the 3rd beat of bars 52-53 and 60-61, which are beyond any source and stylistic doubts, in the main text. In JC, there is only the first of them, which is most probably meant to be understood as a draft suggestion of the same notation. The version of EF with  markings, which Chopin used only occasionally, must be considered to be non-authentic in this situation.

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issues: Fontana's revisions