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Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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b. 137

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

Quaver F in A (→FE→EE)

Staccato quaver F in GE

No F in FES
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As in bar 33, in the ninth chord in the L.H. at the beginning of the bar Chopin deleted F in the FES pupil's copy. The facilitation can be considered to be a variant for a small hand.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 138

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

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As in bar 34, GE2 (→GE3→GE4) and EE2 added cautionary flats next to g in the L.H. and g1-g2 in the R.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 141

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

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As in bar 37 A has no accidentals before the first quaver. The sharps necessary to indicate notes c, c1, c2 were not written by Chopin until the last semiquaver in the bar, and only in the R.H. The editions filled in the essential signs and GE2 (→GE3→GE4) and EE2 added an extra  before c at the end of the bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions

b. 142

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

Seventh b−a1 in A (→FE→EE)

Octave a-a1 in GE
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As in bar 38, the octave in GE is probably an arbitrary revision of the editor.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 142

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

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As in bar 38, in A there are no accidentals before the 1st quaver on the 3rd beat of the bar. However, this time FE (→GE1,EE1) repeated the erroneous version without any changes. The necessary naturals were added in GE2 (→GE3→GE4) and EE2, yet only in GE the unnecessary in this situation  before the top note (c) of the last semiquaver in the L.H. was removed.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals