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Op. 22, Polonaise

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Issues : EE 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

b. 23

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Slur in EE

Slur suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest the slur of FE from analogous b. 167. A slur was also added in EE; however, it was the adjacent figures that served as the model.

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issues: EE revisions

b. 27

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

No marking in FE (→GE1)

 on 2nd beat in EE

in GE2 (→GE3)

[] suggested by the editors
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The missing  asterisk must be considered an inaccuracy, hence in the main text we suggest adding this mark after b. 25. The same applies to analogous b. 171. A mark was added in EE as well as in GE2 (→GE3), although slightly moved.

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issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 31

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

b2-d3 in FE (→GE,EE1)

b2-e3 in EE2
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A comparison with analogous b. 69, and particularly with b. 175, which was almost certainly marked in [A] as a repetition of b. 31, proves the mistake of the engraver of FE (→GE,EE1). The mistake was corrected in EE2.

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issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 31

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Long accent in FE

in EE

in GE1
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The mark, which bears all characteristics of a long accent in FE, was interpreted in the remaining editions as a  hairpin. It is evidenced by the fact that the mark was being extended, which is particularly clear in GE2 (→GE3) and EE; the aim could have been to partially adjust the mark to the longer  mark in the preceding bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions