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Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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b. 18-19

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

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GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) arbitrarily changed Chopin  to . Moreover, in bar 19 – probably due to an indistinctly imprinted 's' letter in GE2 – GE3 and subsequent include only an erroneous .

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issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 21

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

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In GE2 in bar 21 the  indication was arbitrarily changed to , whereas in GE3 (→GE4→GE5) erroneously to  (similarly as in bar 19).

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issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 30

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

in A (→FE→EE)

in GE
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In GE the engraver overlooked the "z" letter in .

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issues: Errors in GE

b. 34

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

No marking in A (→FE→GE,EE)

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The lack of  is in the editors' opinion an inaccuracy of A and of the remaining sources cf. analogous bar 9. The ending of the first section of the Polonaise was written by Chopin less carefully than the respective fragments of bars 9-12 – cf. the notes concerning the arpeggio in bar 35,  in bar 36,  in bar 36, accidentals in bar 36.

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b. 36

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

No marking in A (→FE→GE,EE)

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We suggest adding the  dynamic indication, after analogous bar 11. 

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