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Op. 22, Polonaise

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Issues : Accidentals in different octaves

b. 97

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In FE, there is no accidental next to the top note of the penultimate triplet. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in EE and GE2 (→GE3). There is a similar situation in the further part of the passage.

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

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions

b. 98-100

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In FE (→GE1), there are no naturals before the 3rd L.H. note in b. 98 (b), the 14th R.H. note in b. 99 (b2) and the 3rd L.H. note in b. 100 (B). The patent inaccuracies were corrected in EE only in the first of these places, whereas in GE2 (→GE3) only in the L.H.

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

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

b. 124

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In FE (→GE1), there is not a single accidental under the octave sign. The patent inaccuracy – the preceding flats before d2 and g2 were considered sufficient – was corrected in EE and – partially – in GE2 (→GE3), in which a  was added only before g3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 142

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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There are no accidentals before the 4th and 8th semiquavers in FE (→EE,GE). The natural put before c4, the last note in the bar, proves that Chopin considered the  from before the 1st quaver of the bar to be valid up until this place, thus regarding the aforementioned notes as c2 and c3 (cf. a similar situation in b. 144). In accordance with the contemporary rules of chromatic orthography, we provide the discussed notes with sharps.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Cautionary accidentals

b. 142

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Mordent in FE

No ornament in GE & EE
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The absence of a mordent both in EE and GE suggests that we are dealing with an oversight of the engraver of FE, which made its way to these editions; however, in FE it was corrected in the last stage of proofreading. In the main text we add an accidental – often omitted by Chopin in such situations – specifying the pitch of the mordent's top note. 

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

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE