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Op. 22, Polonaise

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b. 5-6

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

 in FE, literal reading

in GE

 in FE (contextual interpretation→EE)
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In FE (→GE) the  mark is placed only in b. 6, the first in a new line. However, the manner it was placed suggests that Chopin wanted it to begin earlier, probably similarly to the hairpin in b. 7-8. This is how it was understood in EE and this is the version we give in the main text. In turn, in GE the mark was considered to have been carelessly engraved, thus it was being gradually shortened and its starting point moved towards the 1st quaver in b. 6. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions

b. 6

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In FE (→GE1), there is no  raising b2 to b2. The accidental was added in EE and subsequent GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Errors repeated in GE

b. 7

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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The cautionary  before b in the last R.H. chord, present in the majority of the sources and poorly justified, was removed only in EE2. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

in FE

No sign in EE

in GE1

in GE2 (→GE3)
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The missing  in EE is probably an oversight, although it is likely that the hairpin was intentionally omitted as supposedly superfluous along with cresc. The shift of the mark in GE1 could be considered an inaccuracy, yet its extension in GE2 (→GE3) was almost certainly intentional – attempts were made to bring the beginning of the hairpin towards the 1st quaver.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 19

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

No slur in FE

Slur in GE & EE

Slur in brackets suggested by the editors
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The vast majority of similar accompaniment figures in FE is provided with slurs, hence the missing slur here must be considered an inaccuracy. A slur – such as the one we suggest in the main text – was added both in GE and EE.
In the entire Polonaise, we perform such additions, concerning also accents, staccato marks or pedalling, in the main text on a number of occasions, since, in spite of visible care for precise notation, similar oversights of various single elements of notation are quite frequent in the sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions