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Op. 22, Polonaise

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b. 41

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In FE (→GE) a  was repeated before g2, the top note of the third on the 2nd beat of the bar, which suggests that in spite of the practical, one-part notation, Chopin led two separate voices in his mind (it is more frequent to encounter overlooked signs due to this reason, e.g. in b. 152 or in the Etude in G Minor, Op. 25 No. 6, b. 12). In EE this additional accidental is present only just on the 3rd beat of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 42

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Fingering in sources

No fingering, our suggestion

Modified fingering, our alternative suggestion
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The source fingering does not naturally combine both with the preceding trill and the position of the next motif; it is also difficult to find a reason why Chopin could have considered the fingering to be worth of indicating. Therefore, one can assume that it is a mistake – one of the digits is erroneous or the digits were misplaced. The above doubts make us omit this indication in the main text, yet we suggest one of the possible corrections of the source version as an alternative solution.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 42

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

a-e1 in FE (→GE) & EE2

a in EE1
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The missing e1 in EE1 is not an oversight, since it is also absent in analogous b. 186. Therefore, it is probably a revision, unless this note was also initially absent in FE, in which it was then added in the last stage of proofreading, which is less likely, according to us. The correct text was restored in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 43

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Wedge on b1 in FE

No marks in GE

2 wedges in EE
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The missing wedge next to b1 is most probably an oversight of the engraver in GE. In the main text we add a wedge next to b2, which was already performed in EE (also in b. 187). The absence of this mark must be considered inadvertence, since there is no doubt that all three motifs should be performed alike.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE

b. 43

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Horizontal accents in FE (→GE)

Vertical accents in EE
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Arbitrary changes of accents into vertical ones are typical of EE – cf. b. 47-50.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions