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Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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Issues : Errors in FE

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

 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. 77

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

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category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 82

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

b-f1 in A (→FE→GE,EE)

b-d1 suggested by the editors
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category imprint: Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 82

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

Tied crotchet f2 in A

Quaver f2 & slur in FE (→GE1,EE)

Quaver f2 in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5)
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In FE (→GE,EE) the apparently unclear slur is almost certainly a tie sustaining f2, left erroneously by the engraver – see bar 50. The mistake was corrected in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE