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Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 44

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

g2 in chord in A (→FE1)

g2 in FE2 (→EE) & GE
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The version of A (→FE1) – with g2 on the 1st quaver – although theoretically possible – is, according to us, most probably erroneous. Anyways, in the proofreading of FE2 (→EE), the  from before the 2nd quaver was moved over the first, almost certainly at Chopin's order. The sign was added also in GE, which is most probably an opportune revision of the editor. Cf. bar 76.  

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 45

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

A1, A, A in A

A, A, A1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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The change of register of the bass notes on the 1st and 5th quavers is undoubtedly a result of Chopin proofreading of FE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 45

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

 
 
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In A the c3 quaver at the beginning of the bar is written also as the 1st note of the semiquaver triplet of the bottom voice. In the proofreading of FE1 Chopin replaced it with a rest. The traces of performed changes in print allow to state that the actual proofreading included also a2, which the engraver of FE saw in A (according to us, unjustifiably).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Uncertain notes on ledger lines

b. 45

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

Ties to c3 & b2 in A

No ties in FE (→GE)

Tie to c3 in EE
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In the proofreading of FE1 Chopin removed the ties sustaining c3 and b2 in the top voice of the R.H. The tie of c3 in EE is most probably an action of the reviser. Cf. bar 77.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 50

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

 
 
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In the proofreading of FE1 Chopin changed the b-f1 fifth on the last quaver in the L.H. into a b-d1 third. The absence of a respective correction in analogous bar 82 can be considered to be Chopin's oversight or, which is more likely, the engraver's mistake. Similar changes were also introduced by Chopin in the next bar – cf. annotations to the first, fourth and fifth L.H. quaver in bar 51.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE