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Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
GE
Main text
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German Edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Revised impression of GE3
GE5 - Corrected reprint of GE4
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
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A-B in A, FE2 (→EE) & GE5

A-B suggested by the editors

A-B in FE1

A-B in GE1 (→GE2)

A-H in GE3 (→GE4)

The oversight of  in FE1 (→EE) next to the second grace note could have been caused by the unclear notation of A – due to the cramped notation of grace notes (probably added later)  is almost illegible. The correct version was returned in FE2 (→EE), most probably as a result of Chopin's correction. In GE1 (→GE2) the clearly erroneous version of FE1 was revised, by changing the 1st grace note to A. Another revision was performed in GE3 (→GE4), by deleting the  next to the 1st grace note. The correct text was introduced only in GE5, probably after comparison with FE2.

In the main text we remove the unnecessary  next to the minim, most probably being a trace of the original version without the grace notes beginning the trill.   

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE, Errors in EE, Errors in GE, Authentic corrections of FE, Inaccuracies in A

notation: Pitch

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