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Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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Issues : Omission of current key accidentals

b. 38

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

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A has no accidentals next to the first quaver on the 3rd beat. However, Chopin put  before the upper note (c) of the last L.H. semiquaver. As in the previous bar this is a mistake, corrected partly or completely in all the editions:

  • FE moved  from the last L.H. semiquaver to the quaver on the 3rd beat;
  • GE and EE also added naturals to the R.H. octave.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 47-48

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

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In A there are no naturals rising D to D in bar 47 and D-d to D-d in bar 48. The obvious inaccuracy was corrected in all editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

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

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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

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