Issues : Dotted or even rhythm

b. 9

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

Quavers in JC & EF

Dotted rhythm in PE

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On the 3rd beat of the bar we give a dotted rhythm after PE, based on the later autograph – [A].

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issues: Dotted or even rhythm

b. 17

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

Quavers in JC & EF

Dotted rhythm in PE

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On the 3rd beat of the bar we give the dotted rhythm after PE, based on the later autograph – [A].

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issues: Dotted or even rhythm

b. 25

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

Rhythm in JC & EF

Rhythm in PE

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The dotted rhythm at the beginning of the 3rd beat of the bar in JC and EF is most probably an earlier version in relation to equal semiquavers of PE, which we give in the main text.

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issues: Dotted or even rhythm

b. 29

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

Rhythm in JC

Rhythm in EF

Rhythm and slurs in PE

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In bar 29, it is hard to determine whether the rhythms of JC and EF are authentic. It cannot be excluded that one of them (or even both) are a result of a misunderstanding of the notation of [AI], which could be ambiguous, e.g., due to corrections. In the main text we give the rhythm of PE, compatible with the rhythm of analogous motifs in bars 25 and 27. We also consider the phrasing of the third sequence in bars 29-30, which emphasises this rhythm.

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issues: Dotted or even rhythm

b. 31

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

 in JC & EF

 in PE

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Even quavers in JC and EF are almost certainly the original version of the rhythm in this place.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Dotted or even rhythm