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Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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b. 66

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

d1 w FE (→GE,EE)

e1 w A
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A features an e1 as the 1st quaver of the bottom voice. Chopin performed a correction in FE1, changing it to a d1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 69

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

e1 & e2 in A (→FE→GE1,EE1)

e1 & e2 specified by the editors

e1 & e2 in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) & EE2

Triads in FEJ

Another reading of FEJ
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In FEJ Chopin deleted e1 in pencil in two last chords and added the fingering.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 69

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

'4' written into FEJ

No teaching fingering
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The not too legible sign in FEJ, written in pencil, is most probably a digit indicating the 4th finger for e2. We do not give it in the main text, as the application of this fingering depends on including other entries in this copy, discussed separately, concerning the bottom notes of the chords on the 5th and 6th quavers.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEJ

b. 69

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

No teaching fingering

Possible interpretation of annotation in FEJ

Another interpretation of annotation in FEJ
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Two slashed dashes written – probably by Chopin – in FEJ pose difficulties at the time of interpretation. The most possible one is the deletion of the bottom notes of the chords on the 4th and 6th quavers. We include this possibility – due to the relation of the included signs to the doubts concerning the pitch of the bottom note of the last chord – in the note concerning this sound. Another possibility – less likely due to a significant angle of inclination of these dashes – is the interpretation of one or both dashes as fingering numerals. The ones would probably mean a simultaneous stroke of the e1-g1 third with the 1st finger. This kind of grip of two black keys was used by Chopin and marked a few times, e.g., in the Concerto in E minor, Op. 11, 2nd mov., bar 57 and the Prelude in A major, Op. 28 No. 7, bar 12. A possible choice of one of these possibilities is left at the discretion of the performer.

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

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEJ

b. 70

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

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GE4 (→GE5) arbitrarily added a cautionary  next to d2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions