A
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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  b. 85

Repeat sign in A

No sign in FE (→GE,EE)

Our variant suggestion

The visible in A repetition sign probably means that while writing the Polonaise, Chopin assumed repeating bars 54-85 (the doubt arises, i.a., due to the absence of a respective sign in bar 54). The absence of this sign in FE (→GE,EE), which is probably a result of Chopin's proofreading, indicates a change of decision and this is the version we give in the main text. However, an erroneous introduction of a repetition sign due to the lack of note text in the previous bars, favouring confusion and related to the abbreviated notation of bars 71-85, also cannot be excluded.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors of A, Authentic corrections of FE, Differences in form

notation: Shorthand & other

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