mUltimate Chopin

Op. 22, Polonaise

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GE1
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FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Retouched impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Changed impression of EE1
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  b. 57

Run begins with b2 in FE (→GE)

Run begins with g2 in EE

It is unclear whether the version of EE is – like in some other cases – the original notation, changed in FE (→GE) in the penultimate stage of proofreading, or a revision of EE. According to us, the former is much more likely:

  • Chopin could have wanted to emphasise that the run should start only after the full b2 crotchet due to the erroneous distribution of the L.H. part in FE, which suggests that it should begin earlier;
  • there is no reason why the reviser of EE would have changed Chopin's notation.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw