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Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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b. 15

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

Long accent in A (contextual interpretation)

Short accent in A (literal reading→#Wf→GE,EE)
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Although in A the sign of the accent is clearly shorter than in the adjacent bars, it is most probably to be interpreted as a long accent – same as in analogous bars 13 and 17.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 16-19

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

3 staccato dots in GE2 (→GE3)

2 staccato dots in A

3 staccato dot in FE (→EE)

No dots in GE1
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The absence of the staccato dot in A for G1 in the L.H. in bar 16 is to be considered to be Chopin's oversight - the dots are present in similar bars 14 and 18. Chopin did not correct the mistake in the proofreading of FE, moreover, in FE (→EE) the engravers overlooked also a dot in bar 19, which in A is written in an abbreviated manner, with a repetition sign of the previous bar. In GE1 the sign was placed only in bar 14. A revision was performed respectively in GE2 (→GE3), validly adding dots in all analogous places.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

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 .

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 19

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

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In GE2 the engraver overlooked the stem for e in the L.H. - only the note head was printed. In turn, in GE3 the reviser erroneously added this note to the a crotchet. The defect was corrected only in GE4 (→GE5).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 20-21

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

d2 tied in FE (→GE,EE)

d2 repeated in A
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The tie sustaining d2 was added by Chopin in the proofreading of FE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE