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Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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Issues : Omission of current key accidentals

b. 14

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

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There are no naturals rising a and d1 to a and d1 in A. Chopin's mistake resulted supposedly from a hasty correction—the composer initially marked the L.H. part in this bar as a repetition of the previous bar, and only after having spotted the diffrence on the 2. quavers of both bars wrote it out in full. The accidentals were added in FE1 and all the subsequent editions.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

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. 32

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

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Accidentals in A are to be found only before the first chord and a2-a3 on 5th quaver in R.H. All the necessary signs were added already in FE1, and repeated in the remaining editions (except for GE1 which overlooked  next to a3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , FE revisions

b. 34-36

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

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A has no  rising c1 to c1 in bars 34 and 36. The obvious inaccuracy of Chopin's notation was corrected in FE (→GE1) in bar 36, and in the remaining editions in both bars.

Instances of omitted essential naturals next to notes C in different octaves occur in A repeatedly in the whole section (bars 33-40).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Last key signature sign , Inaccuracies in A

b. 37

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

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A has no accidentals before the first quaver. Sharps necessary to indicate notes c, c1, c2 were not written by Chopin until the last semiquaver, and only in the R.H. (the same pertains to bar 141, which is a repetition of bar 37). The editions filled in the essential signs (some or all):

  • FE added naturals next to the first R.H. octave;
  • GE and EE added all three essential naturals;
  • GE2 (→GE3→GE4) and EE2 added an extra  before c at the end of bar.

In the main text we leave only naturals at the beginning of the bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , FE revisions