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Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 5-9

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

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Both in bars 5 and 9 A does not include the  returning b on the 3rd beat of the bar. This patent inaccuracy was corrected already in FE1. Similarly in bar 34. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 7

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

No staccato dot in FE (→EE) & GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5)

Staccato dot in A & GE1
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The missing staccato dot in FE, placed in A over the 1st quaver of the triplet, can be a result of Chopin's proofreading. The appearance of the dot in GE1 may be explained with the engraver's distraction, whereas a relevant correction was introduced in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 7

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

Quaver in A

Crotchet in FE (→GE1,EE), 1st instance only

Crotchet in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5)
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Chopin added a crotchet stem in the L.H. to the g quaver in the proofreading of FE1. The absence of this correction in the analogous bar in the written repetition in the editions most probably results from Chopin's oversight. We directly include this minor improvement in the main text, which corresponds to both analogous bars in the first editions. An addition was respectively performed in the bar being a repetition of bar 7 also in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 8-9

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

d1 repeated in FE (→GE,EE)

d1 tied in A
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In the proofreading of FE1 Chopin removed the tie sustaining d1 at the transition between bars 8 and 9.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 13

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

No repeat sign in A (literal reading)

Repetition in FE (→GE,EE)
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The sign opening the repetition of bars 13-37, in A probably accidentally overlooked, was most probably added by Chopin in the proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). Cf. bar 54.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE , Differences in form