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WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in PE

b. 67

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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Lack of the  raising f1 into f1 in JC and PE is a patent Chopin's oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in PE , Inaccuracies in JC

b. 68-69

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No slurs in JC & EF

Slurs in PE, literal reading

Slurs in PE, contextual interpretation
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In the main text we give the slurs of PE. When read literally, they seem to embrace four notes in bar 68 and five in bar 69, which in a situation of an accurate repetition of the text, as far as the pitch and rhythm are concerned, seems to be unjustified. The range of the slur in bar 69, due to placing the crotchet on the upper stave, is rather doubtless, which cannot be said of the slur in bar 68 (in PE on the lower stave), whose intended range could be misinterpreted.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in PE

b. 76

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No mark in JC

Accent in EF

Accent in PE

Alternative interpretation of PE
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Both in EF and in PE, the accent, though placed differently, falls on the 2nd beat of the bar. In the case of PE, however, the inaccurate placement of the minim of the upper voice raises some doubts, as far as the correct reading of Chopin's notation in [A] in this edition is concerned. Due to this fact, taking into account the accent in analogous bar 72, we propose an alternative interpretation of the notation of PE. However, varied accents in bars 72 and 76 may be considered as justified: in bar 72 the appoggiatura is highlighted, whereas in bar 76 – the sustained common note, which is the axis of the enharmonic modulation in bars 77-78.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in PE

b. 77-78

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in PE