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Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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b. 12

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

A

FE

GE1

GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

EE

Our suggestion
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Chopin added the staccato dot over e and stems extending the sound of g1 on the 2nd and 4th quavers in the L.H. in the proofreading of FE1 (→FE2). We consider this correction, repeated in bar 60, to be intentionally referring to the return of the main section of the Polonaise too (bars 116 and 164), as in A it was only signalised as repetition of the first section.
According to us, extending the top notes of the third only is either a simplified notation or a result of misunderstanding of Chopin's proofreading entry. Therefore, in the main text we assign the crotchet stems to both notes of the e1-g1 third. The versions of the remaining editions are either inaccurate (EE1) or arbitrarily changed (GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 17

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

Crotchets in A

Quavers in FE (→GE,EE)
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We give the stems extending the sound of the 2nd and 4th quavers in the L.H. after A. All editions omitted them here, in bar 18 and in all their subsequent repetitions, probably due to the engraver's misunderstandig Chopin's notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 18

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

Crotchets in A

Quavers in FE (→GE,EE)
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As in bar 17 the stems extending the sound of the 2nd and 4th quavers occur only in A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 41-43

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

Tied sixths in A (→FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

Sixths repeated in GE1
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GE1 overlooked the ties between bars 41-42 and 42-43.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 43-44

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

No tie in A

Slur in FE (→EE,GE)
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Chopin added the tie combining the e1 sounds in the R.H. between bars 43-44 in the proofreading of FE1. In the main text we apply this correction also in bars 147-148.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE