Issues : Terzverschreibung error

b. 12

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

Chord in JC

Sixth in EF

Another chord in PE

Our suggestion

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The sound of the 2nd quaver intended by Chopin gives rise to doubts. JC has here a b-e1-g1 triad, while EF  – a b-g1 sixth. Each of those versions smoothly combines both with the spread chord d-b-f1 in the previous bar and the next three quavers creating a B major chord. Those versions, and particularly the sixth confirmed in analogous bar 39, may be considered as a fully-fledged alternative for the reconstruction of the version of [A] described below.

PE has here an e-g-e1 chord, most probably including the erroneous in this context e note. Taking into consideration various possibilities of the lithographer's errors, as well as the harmonic content and the accompaniment's voice-leading, we consider the g-b-echord as the most justified reconstruction of the version of [A] and we propose it in such form in the main text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in PE

b. 16

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

d1-b1 in JC & EF

d1-d2 in PE

d1-b1, our suggestion

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PE features d2 as the upper note of the crotchet at the beginning of the bar. According to us, it is the so called Terzverschreibung, as using an incomplete chord in a typical cadenza formula ending an eight-bar section is very unlikely. Therefore, in the main text we give bwhich is present in JC and EF. We provide the note with a cautionary .   

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in PE

b. 26

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

a1 in JC

f1 in EF & PE

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On the 4th quaver of the bar, JC has the anote, similarly as on the second. It is almost certainly a mistake, perhaps of Chopin himself committed in [AI]. Such a type of errors belongs to the most often both in autographs and copies.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Errors of JC

b. 57

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

g3 in JC & EF

e3-g3 in PE

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PE has the e3-gthird as the 2nd quaver of the bar. Admittedly, the version is acceptable, as far as the sound and piano performance are concerned, yet the enote burdens and blurs unnecessarily the melody's line; therefore, a misreading of [A] or a proofing (adding the correct note without deleting the wrong one) seem to be much more probable.  

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in PE , Partial corrections

b. 63

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

in JC & EF

e in PE

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The accuracy of e in PE is highly unlikely in this context, as the note makes the G-f2 seventh resolve on the e-e2 unison with a tripled third in the C minor chord. Therefore, we consider it to be erroneous and we adopt featured in JC and EF to the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in PE