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WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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Issues : Errors in PE

b. 23

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

Arpeggio sign in JC & EF

No sign in PE
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In PE there is no arpeggio before this chord, which in this context is certainly an oversight. In JC, both signs of arpeggio in this bar are placed after chords. It seems to be one of the numerous graphic slips committed by the copyist (it also concerns bar 50, which is not written out in JC).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in PE , Inaccuracies in JC

b. 25-26

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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In the main text we consider the slur over four quavers in the L.H., despite the fact that, probably, it was recreated inaccurately. It is revealed by its range, which is not a natural consequence of the accompaniment's line. What is more, it cannot be excluded that the slur is a misread tie sustaining the f minim on the 2nd beat of the bar.

See bars 25-28.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in PE

b. 27-29

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No signs in JC

 in EF

 in PE

Our suggestion
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To the main text we adopt two  signs present in PE in bars 27 and 29. The first of them is also in EF (in JC there is no sign). In turn, we do not consider the short  at the beginning of bar 27, which seems to be left mistakenly.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Sign reversal , Errors in PE

b. 33-34

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

 

 in PE

Our variant suggestion
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Both  signs (in bars 34 and 35) come from PE, in the remaining sources there are no verbal dynamic indications in those bars. The presence of two  signs over a short fragment raises doubts as to a possible misunderstanding in reading [A]. Due to this fact, in the main text we give the sign in bar 34 in brackets. Cf. also the note related to bar 35. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in PE

b. 36

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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The sources differ here in the notation of the rest for the part of the R.H.; JC has a crotchet rest, which certainly corresponds to the notation of [AI]. In PE, the crotchet rest is additionally extended with a dot, which is a patent error, however, it reveals that also in the case of [A], Chopin insisted on his simplified way of notation. Two quaver rests in EF are probably a result of Fontana's revision. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in PE