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Op. 22, Polonaise

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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 111-112

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In the main text we omit the unjustified cautionary flats before the a1 notes. These accidentals are absent in the repetition of this phrase in b. 119-120; therefore, Chopin could have been driven by the key to which the music strives – G minor in b. 111-112, yet D major in b. 119-120.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 114

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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EE1 is lacking in the cautionary  before a2. The accidental was added in the penultimate stage of proofreading of FE (→GE) and – probably on the basis of GE1 – in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 130

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

b1 in FE (→GE) & EE2

a1 in EE1
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EE1 features the initial version of the 6th semiquaver, changed in the penultimate stage of proofreading of FE (→GE). The changes of the correction performed on the plate are clearly visible in FE. In addition, the changed note (b1) was provided with a cautionary , which we omit in the main text, since it is superfluous in this context. The accidental was also removed in GE; it is also absent in EE2, in which the corrected note was introduced probably on the basis of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes

b. 130

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In addition to the authentic cautionary  before the e2 semiquaver, in the main text we add flats before the L.H. octave.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 137

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In the main text we omit the cautionary  before c4, featured in FE (→EE). The accidental may be a remaining part of the initial notation of the preceding semiquavers as e3-c4, which would demonstrate that the enharmonic change was performed already in [A].

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Enharmonic corrections