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WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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b. 82

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

Chord with a in JC & EF

Chord without a in PE
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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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b. 83-85

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No slurs in JC & EF

Slurs in PE
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The slurs that we give in the main text are present only in PE. Similarly as in the case of the slurs in the L.H., their authenticity does not raise any doubts.

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b. 83

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No mark in JC & EF

Accent in PE
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The long accent of PE, characteristic for Chopin, is one of a number of elements confirming the authenticity of this source.

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issues: Long accents

b. 83

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No signs in JC & EF

 in PE
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In the main text we give the  signs in bars 83 and 85 drawn from PE. Highlighting the ascending movement of seconds with a  sign in order to emphasise an expressively important chord or a note was an often used ploy by Chopin in, e.g., the Prelude in A minor, Op. 28 No. 2, bars 15-16.

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b. 83-85

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No indications in JC

cresc. in EF

cresc. in PE
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Aside from small differences in positioning the indication poco a poco crescendo, EF and PE describe here (and also in the next bars) the same dynamic change in a compatible manner.

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