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Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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Issues : GE revisions

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

b. 25

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

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In the 2nd half of the bar GE1 overlooked staccato dots over R.H. The marks were added in the subsequent GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 28

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

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A (→FE→EE1) lacks  rising c1 to c1. The obvious Chopin's imprecision was corrected in GE and EE2, as well as in FES which displays  written in probably by Chopin himself.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Annotations in FES , Last key signature sign

b. 29-31

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

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FE (→GE1) overlooked the staccato dots under the 3rd octave in the L.H. in bars 29 and 31 (in the latter the dot was omitted already in A). GE1 also overlooked the dot over the 1st chord in the L.H. in bar 30. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 31

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

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Cautionary flats before B1-B and b2 were added in FE2 (→EE). Chopin's participation cannot be excluded, although an editorial revision also seems possible. GE2 (→GE3→GE4) added four signs – before b1 as well.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , FE revisions