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WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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b. 70-71

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No indications in JC

 in EF

 & other indications in PE
..

In the main text we give accurate and clear dynamic indications of PE. The striking effect of the unexpected harmonic turn, confirmed with a syncopation and resolved in a descending two-bar wave of figurations, appears in the Trio trice (in bars 70-71, 74-75, and earlier in bars 62-63). Each time it is described with details by Chopin. Cf. bars 72-73.

The lonely  in EF is probably an addition by Fontana and does not suggest the richness of the details indicated in PE even in the slightest extent.

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b. 70

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No indication in JC & EF

in PE
..

One can ponder the practical meaning of the indication legato in PE in relation to the slur which already determines this articulation, yet it does not question its authenticity.

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b. 72-76

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No markings in JC & EF

in PE
..

 indications in PE constitute logical endings to diminuendos in the previous bars. Moreover, there are no reasons to question their authenticity. 

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b. 73-77

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No markings in JC & EF

 in PE
..

The indications , defining the echo effect together with  in bars 72 and 76, are a characteristic example of the developed notation of [A] (→PE). Cf. bars 68-69.

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b. 74-75

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No indications in JC

 in EF

 & other indications in PE
..

In the main text we give precise and clear dynamic markings of PE (ben attaccato is to be found in Variations in B Op. 2, bar 321). The indication  in EF was probably added by Fontana.

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