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Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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b. 91-92

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

Dots & slurs in A

Slur from bar 91 in FE (→GE,EE)
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In the main text we give the longer slur with which Chopin replaced staccato dots and shorter slurs of A in the proofreading of FE1. He introduced similar changes in almost all analogous places.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 92

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

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We add the pedalling in bar 92 – Chopin most probably forgot about the indications in the manuscript and overlooked this place while proofreading FE1. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in A

b. 92-100

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

Semiquaver a in A

Dotted semiquaver a in FE (→GE,EE)
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The rhythmic value of a in bars 92 and 100 – see bar 84.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Different values of chord components , FE revisions

b. 92-93

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

Slur in A

No slur in FE (→GE,EE)
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In A one can see a correction consisting in combining phrases in these bars, analogous to the one which in bars 84-85 Chopin introduced only in the proofreading of FE. The b-a slur, being one of the elements added in the new version, was, however, overlooked in the editions, which, according to us, was not intended by Chopin. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Corrections in A

b. 93-94

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

5 staccato dots in A

One dot in FE

No marks in GE1

6 dots in EE & GE2 (→GE3→GE4)
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Among the five staccato dots, written in A in the L.H. in the 2nd half of bar 93 and on the 1st quaver in bar 94, FE recreated only the first one, whereas GE1 - none. The signs were added in the remaining editions, adding a dot also on the 2nd quaver in bar 94.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions