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Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

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. 43

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

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Annotations in FES

b. 44

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

No slur in A (→FE→GE)

Slur in EE
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EE added an additional slur under the chords in the R.H. Similarly in bar 148.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 55-56

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

Staccato in A (→FE→EE)

No staccato in GE
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In GE the 2nd half of bar 55 and the entire bar 56 are written without staccato dots. As in bars 7-8 it is probably a mistake. Few oversights also occur in EE1 and EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Errors in GE

b. 57

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

Accent in A, GE2 (→GE3→GE4) & EE2

No mark in FE (→GE1,EE1)
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The absence of accent in FE (→GE1,EE1) is almost certainly a mistake. The remaining editions added the mark on the basis of analogous bars 9, 113 and 161.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions