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Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 111-112

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

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GE1 overlooked the staccato dot over the 1st chord in bar 112, whereas GE2 (→GE3→GE4) overlooked the staccato indications in the entire progression of chords. A possible aim of the revision was to homogenise all appearances of this bar, however, it is difficult to state why it was bars 55-56 that were chosen as the model. Cf. bars 7-8, as well as 159-160.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 114

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

d2 & d3 in A (→FE→EE)

d2 & d3 in GE
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As in bar 10, both versions are authentic.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 115

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

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GE4 added a cautionary  next to a1 in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 115-116

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

 in A (→FE→GE1)

 only in bar 116 in EE

 in GE2 (→GE3→GE4)
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EE overlooked the  sign in bar 115. In GE2 (→GE3→GE4) both  were arbitrarily changed to – see the characteristics of GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 116

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

Quaver e in A (→FE→EE1)

Crotchet e in GE & EE2

Our suggestion
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In the main text we give the part of the L.H. on the basis of Chopin proofreading in bar 12 and 60. The version of GE is almost certainly a revision, unifying this and analogous bars after bar 164. It was repeated in EE2, despite the fact that in this edition it did not lead to such a unification.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions