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Op. 22, Polonaise

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Issues : Errors repeated in EE

b. 73-74

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before b2 in b. 73. The accidental was already added in GE as well as in EE2. Moreover, we add flats lowering c1 to c1 in b. 73 and c to c in b. 74, overlooked in FE. The former was added both in GE and EE, while the latter only in GE and EE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 75

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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The sources are lacking in the  raising b to b, which is a patent inaccuracy. The same in b. 219.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

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

b. 97

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In FE (→EE) the 1st rest in the parts of both hands is a demisemiquaver, which is a mistake (it is likely that the beginning of this bar was confused with the previous one). The mistake was corrected in GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors repeated in EE

b. 149

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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There is no  lowering G to G at the beginning of the bar in FE (→EE1). This mistake, if committed by Chopin, would prove his anticipatory thinking – modulation to the key of B minor/G major was already determined in the previous bar, hence the use of G could have already been considered obvious (in FE the spaces between the notes suggest that the  before g and maybe even all 3 L.H. flats were added at the time of proofreading). The accidental was added in the remaining editions. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 151

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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All sources feature a quaver at the beginning of the bar, as a result of which the bar includes 13 semiquavers. It cannot be excluded that the mistake was already in [A].

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Errors in FE , Rhythmic errors , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE