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Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 76

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

g2 in chord in A (→FE1)

g2 in FE2 (→EE) & GE
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Same as in bar 44, the  raising g2 to g2 was moved from before the 2nd quaver in front of the first one in the proofreading of FE2 (→EE), most probably by Chopin. The sign was moved also in GE1, which is most probably a right revision of the editor (in the subsequent GE, the  before the 2nd quaver was unnecessarily returned). 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 79

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

Inverted long accent in A & GE2

 in FE (→GE1,EE)

Short accent in GE3 (→GE4→GE5)

Accent written into FEJ
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In FE (→GE1,EE), instead of the sign of a reversed accent, there are  hairpins between b1 and a1. The inaccuracy, clearly distorting the sense of the sign, was revised in GE2 and GE3 (→GE4→GE5) on the basis of comparison with analogous bar 47. In FEJ Chopin added an accent in pencil under the top stave, which, according to us, can be considered to be a temporary correction of the misleading notation of FE. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Annotations in teaching copies , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Annotations in FEJ

b. 83

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

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In FE (→GE1,EE1) the engraver overlooked the rest with fermata for the bottom voice of the R.H. The signs were added – most probably after comparison with bar 53 – in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) and EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 84-85

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

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In FE (→GE1,EE) the engravers overlooked the staccato dots for the 1st quavers in the L.H. in bars 84 and 85. The revisers of GE2 added the overlooked signs, most probably after comparison with analogous bars 52 and 53. In GE3 (→GE4→GE5) the engraver overlooked only one dot – for the quaver in bar 84. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 84-85

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

2 slurs in A

2 slurs in FE (→GE1,EE)

1 slur in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5)
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Differently than in analogous bars 52-53, the engraver of FE inserted here two slurs - the first in bar 84 and the second in bar 85. GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) includes one phrasing slur for the last two bars, which is most probably a result of the reviser having compared the notation in analogous bars 52-53.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies