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Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in A

b. 54-85

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

Repetition in A, contextual interpretation

No repetition in A (literal reading→FE→GE,EE)

Our variant suggestion
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The sources do not include the sign opening the repetition in this place, yet A does include its ending in bar 85. Chopin either wanted to repeat bars 54-85, yet he forgot to mark it in bar 54, or just the opposite – the sign in bar 85 was erroneously placed and the discussed fragment is not to be repeated. FE (→GE,EE) do not include any repetition signs in these bars, which, can, yet does not have to, indicate Chopin's proofreading. We give the version of the base source, i.e. FE2, as the main text, with a note indicating a possibility of repetition.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Differences in form , Inaccuracies in A

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. 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