Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 33

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

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The notation of accidentals in the R.H. arpeggio is not fully compliant with rules of the orthography. Chopin needlessly repeated  next to a2 on the 2nd beat, but forgot  before the last demisemiquaver (c1). The omitted accidental was added in EE and GE2 (→GE3GE4). 

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

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 34

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

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GE1 overlooked the staccato dots over the last beat of the R.H. The subsequent GE corrected this mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 35

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

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The accent in A (→FEGE1,EE) refers undoubtedly to the R.H. GE2 placed it above L.H. part, and gave it the form of a long accent as in the neighbouring bars. In GE3 (→GE4) the sign was omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 60

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

FE (→EE)

GE2 (→GE3GE4)

Our suggestion

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In the main text we give the L.H. part in the modified version from Chopin's proofreading of FE (→EE). The version of GE1 is probably inaccurate, which, in the subsequent GE, was revised according to bar 164.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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

b. 69

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

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While proofreading FE1, Chopin changed and clarified the articulation indications in the entire meno mosso fragment. The main change concerned including the 2nd half of the penultimate bar under a slur ending each of the four-bar sections, at the same time deleting staccato dots under an extended slur (bars 71-72, 75-76, 79-80, 87-88, 91-92, 95-96). Moreover, Chopin corrected a few other places too, striving for a more consistent staccato articulation indication in analogous situations than in A – see bars 70-71.

Both FE2 and GE1 repeated the version of FE1 without changes, although GE1 is not free from inaccuracies. In turn, EE and later GE added articulation almost to the shape presented in the main text (not including additional revisions, as in the 2nd half of bar 95 in EE and minor errors).  

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

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