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Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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b. 3

composition: Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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The first time GE1 overlooked the staccato dot for the G-g octave in the L.H. (the sign was placed correctly in the repetition). The mistake was already corrected in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 4-5

composition: Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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In GE1, the first time, the slur begins erroneously already from the quaver rest in bar 4. The defect was corrected in GE2. In turn, in GE3 (→GE4→GE5), also the first time, its beginning was arbitrarily moved, placing it over the 1st note in bar 5.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 4-5

composition: Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

 from bar 4 in A (→FE→EE) & 2nd time in GE

 from bar 5 in GE (first time)
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The first time, the  hairpins in GE begin only at the beginning of bar 5, which is most probably a routine revision (in the repetition the sign was reproduced accurately).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 4-6

composition: Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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In bar 6, opening a new line of the text in A (→FE→GE), Chopin wrote new  hairpins. However, the range of both this sign and of the previous one (in bar 5) clearly indicates the intention of a continuous crescendo in both bars. This is how it was reproduced in the editions in the written repetition of these bars (in EE the unambiguous notation was used already in the first appearance of this fragment). Taking into account the fact that in our transcriptions bars 5-6 are in one line of the text, we use one  sign, as the seemingly literal interpretation of both signs in such a graphical layout would have changed its sense to a much greater extent.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 5

composition: Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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A (→FE→GE1,EE) includes an erroneous A2-C tenth. It is a patent error of Chopin in the number of the ledger lines. The pitch of the note was corrected in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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