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Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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b. 45

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

 
 
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In A the c3 quaver at the beginning of the bar is written also as the 1st note of the semiquaver triplet of the bottom voice. In the proofreading of FE1 Chopin replaced it with a rest. The traces of performed changes in print allow to state that the actual proofreading included also a2, which the engraver of FE saw in A (according to us, unjustifiably).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Uncertain notes on ledger lines

b. 45

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

Ties to c3 & b2 in A

No ties in FE (→GE)

Tie to c3 in EE
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In the proofreading of FE1 Chopin removed the ties sustaining c3 and b2 in the top voice of the R.H. The tie of c3 in EE is most probably an action of the reviser. Cf. bar 77.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 45

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

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Over the last quaver in the L.H. FE (→GE,EE) includes an erroneous sign of vertical accent. It results from a misinterpretation of A, in which Chopin wrote the ritenuto indication between the R.H. and the L.H. in such a way that the link between the "u" and "t" letters created a circumflex over that note. An erroneous accent was placed also in analogous bar 77.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE

b. 47

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

Inverted long accent in A (→FE→GE1→GE2)

Short accent in GE3 (→GE4→GE5)

No mark in EE
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The sign written by Chopin in A is in this context undoubtedly a reversed sign of long accent. Such signs are not very frequent in Chopin's autographs, yet they are always present next to a second (usually semi-tone) step upwards – introducing an expressively important note. The accent was correctly reproduced by the engraver of FE (→GE1). In GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) the reviser included a common short accent, whereas in EE the sign was totally overlooked.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 49

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

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In GE2 the  sign is unclear: it is unknown whether the second  was badly removed by the revisers or whether it was poorly printed. Probably due to this reason GE3 removed one sign, leaving erroneously only a single  (b1). B1 was returned in GE4 (→GE5). 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Errors in GE