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Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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b. 144

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

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At the beginning of the bar in A (→FE→GE1,EE1) there is no  raising c to c. The mistake was corrected in GE2 (→GE3→GE4) and EE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Last key signature sign

b. 147

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

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As in bar 43, a cautionary  before e in the L.H. was added in the proofreading of FE2 (→EE) and GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 153

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

A, literal reading

A (contextual interpretation) & GE

FE (→EE), contextual interpretation
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In A we mark this bar in an abbreviated manner as repetition of bar 49, written with a mistake – see the commentary to this bar. The version of FE (→EE), in which the chords omitted at the end of the bar were – certainly ordered by Chopin – completed, includes another mistake in the form of superfluous G notes. As a result, the correct text of the 2nd half of the bar, resulting from the interpretation of A confirmed by Chopin proofreading of FE in bar 49, appears explicite only in GE.

The sources differ in the notation of the rest embracing the 4th and 5th quavers of the bar, which we do not include in the given variants. In the main text, we give the notation used by Chopin on a number of occasions in A (bars 1, 3 and 5). 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 155

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

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A (→FE) overlooked the flats restoring A and a on the 3rd beat of the bar. In the remaining editions, the inaccuracy was completed.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 162

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

d2 & d3 in A (→FE→EE)

d2 & d3 in GE
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Both versions are authentic – see bar 10.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions