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Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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b. 56

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

Fingering written into FEJ & FES.

No teaching fingering
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Chopin added the fingering in pencil in FEJ. A similar annotation is also in FES.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ

b. 60

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

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In FE (→GE1,EE1) the  is before the top quaver of the bottom voice. This patent error could have been caused by the inaccurate notation of A, although the sign in bar 58, where FE did not commit a mistake, is even more misleading. The remaining editions have the correct text.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 61

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

Quavers in A

Dotted rythm in FE (→GE,EE)
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The change of the rhythm introduced in the proofreading of FE1 includes all features of a Chopin improvement.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Dotted or even rhythm

b. 61

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

 in A

No sign in FE (→GE,EE)

Our variant suggestion
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The omission of the  hairpins in the editions can be a result of an oversight of the engraver of FE1. Therefore, in the main text we include this sign as a variant suggestion.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 65

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

c2 in A (→FE→EE,GE1→GE2→GE3)

c2 in GE4 (→GE5)
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GE4 (→GE5) arbitrarily added a  lowering c2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions