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Op. 22, Polonaise

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b. 35

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

c2 in FE (→GE)

a1 in EE
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a1 in EE is most probably a mistake of the engraver of this edition.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Terzverschreibung error

b. 36-37

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before e1 in b. 36 and a  before d1 in b. 37.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 36

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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The sources are lacking in the  lowering d2 to d2, which is a patent inaccuracy, repeated almost certainly after [A]. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

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

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