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Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 111-112

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

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GE1 overlooked the staccato dot over the 1st chord in bar 112, whereas GE2 (→GE3→GE4) overlooked the staccato indications in the entire progression of chords. A possible aim of the revision was to homogenise all appearances of this bar, however, it is difficult to state why it was bars 55-56 that were chosen as the model. Cf. bars 7-8, as well as 159-160.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 122-123

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

 in A

 in FE (→EE) & GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

No sign in GE1
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The  hairpins were inaccurately recreated in FE (→EE), whereas in GE1 they were most probably overlooked. In the subsequent GE the sign was added on the basis of analogous bars 18-19. In the main text we give the hairpins of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in GE , GE revisions

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. 153-155

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

Slurs in bar 155 in A (→FE)

R.H. slurs in GE1

4 slurs in EE & GE2 (→GE3→GE4) 
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Bar 153 is marked in A as repetition of bar 49. However, contrary to that bar, here FE did not complete the slurs in the 1st half of the bar, which has to be considered to be an oversight. GE1 added a slur in the R.H. only, the remaining editions – both. In bar 155 there is no slur in the L.H. in GE1, which is probably an oversight of the engraver. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place , Inaccuracies in A