Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 49

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

A, literal reading

A (contextual interpretation), GE2 (→GE3GE4) & EE2

FE (→GE1,EE1)

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Bars 49-68 were marked in A with numbers 1-20 as repetition of the initial fragment of the piece. However, the 'one' in bar 49 seems to be deleted, whereas the 1st half of the bar is written with notes, which, allegedly, was supposed to facilitate the engraver's orientation in the abbreviated notation and prevent a too literal repetition of the beginning of the Polonaise (e.g., together with the tempo indication). Unfortunately, due to the fact that Chopin erroneously completed this bar with rests, FE initially printed the truncated version, without the last two chords (the traces of correction of this error are clearly visible). See the next note on slurs in this bar, and also the previous one. Similarly in bar 153.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors of A , Abbreviated notation of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 49

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

No slurs in A

Slurs in FE (→GE,EE)

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The absence of slurs in A is an evident oversight of Chopin, who did not entirely consider which elements of notation of this bar should be written and which are already subject to the abbreviated indication of this and the subsequent bars – cf. the next note. The slurs were added in the proofreading of FE1, most probably on the basis of Chopin entry in the proofreading copy. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 51

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

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The flats restoring A and a were added in proofreading FE (→EE,GE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 57

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

No markings in A

Pedalling in FE (→GE,EE)

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 60

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

FE (→EE)

GE2 (→GE3GE4)

Our suggestion

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In the main text we give the L.H. part in the modified version from Chopin's proofreading of FE (→EE). The version of GE1 is probably inaccurate, which, in the subsequent GE, was revised according to bar 164.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE