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Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 14

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

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There are no naturals rising a and d1 to a and d1 in A. Chopin's mistake resulted supposedly from a hasty correction—the composer initially marked the L.H. part in this bar as a repetition of the previous bar, and only after having spotted the diffrence on the 2. quavers of both bars wrote it out in full. The accidentals were added in FE1 and all the subsequent editions.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 17

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

No mark in A

Accent in FE (→GE,EE)
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The accents in the L.H. in bars 17 and 18 were added by Chopin in the proofreading of FE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 18

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

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A has no  lowering d1 to d1 on the 3rd beat. The undoubted Chopin's mistake was corrected already in FE1, possibly at his direction.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 18

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

No mark in A

Accent in FE (→GE,EE)
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As in bar 17 the accent in the L.H. was added by Chopin in the proofreading of FE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 20

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

Slur in A

No slur in FE

Slur in GE i EE
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The absence of the R.H. slurs in FE (except for the first, under the semiquavers) is most probably a side effect of changes to the layout of the R.H. part. These changes, introduced in print, comprised all instances of this bar (bars 20, 68 and 124), but a slur over the upper voice, which probably should have appeared each time, is only printed in bar 124, owing to the engraver's negligence or Chopin's inadvertence. In the editors opinion the slur was meant to replace the slur in the lower voice, written in A. In GE and EE the slur over the upper voice was also reproduced in bars 20 and 68 (in GE Chopin's inspiration cannot be excluded). Cf. note regarding the L.H. part.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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