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Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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b. 83

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

Staccato dots in A

No dots in FE (→EE,GE)
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In the proofreading of FE1 Chopin removed staccato dots (or portato – the dots were written under the slur), written in A in the part of the R.H. in the 2nd half of bar 83.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 83

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

Staccato in GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

No staccato in A (→FE→EE,GE1)
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The staccato dots on the first 2 notes in bar 83 in the L.H. were added in GE2 (→GE3→GE4).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 84-85

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

4 notes in chord in A

6 notes in FE (→GE,EE)
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In A one can see traces of changes in the way of combining bars 84-85 – initially bar 84 ended with a quaver and a rest, as in bar 76. Chopin then deleted the quaver flags and rests (in both hands) and extended the slur. The changes were introduced in the proofreading of FE1 – adding f and a and ties sustaining f and d1 to the chord at the beginning of bar 85 – is undoubtedly a continuation of the corrections described in A. We can observe similar corrections in A in bars 92-93.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 84

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

Semiquaver a in A

Dotted semiquaver a in FE (→GE,EE)
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Homogenising the rhythmic values of all elements of the 2nd chord in the R.H. was not probably an intention of Chopin. The notation is only seemingly inaccurate in this place – the logic of leading the voices make us consider a to be a quaver, yet the piano reality make a semiquaver out of it. Chopin would often use this type of simplified notation, hence in the main text we preserve the notation of A. Similarly in bars 92 and 100, which excludes a possible Chopin's oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Different values of chord components , FE revisions

b. 84

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

No markings in A

Pedalling in FE (→GE,EE)
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The pedalling was added during the proofreading of FE1, certainly by Chopin. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE