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Op. 22, Polonaise

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b. 43

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Wedge on b1 in FE

No marks in GE

2 wedges in EE
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The missing wedge next to b1 is most probably an oversight of the engraver in GE. In the main text we add a wedge next to b2, which was already performed in EE (also in b. 187). The absence of this mark must be considered inadvertence, since there is no doubt that all three motifs should be performed alike.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE

b. 45

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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FE (→GE1→GE2) are lacking in the accidental before the 5th semiquaver from the end, which results in g2. This patent mistake is evidenced by the  before the next note, which is g2. The mistake was corrected in EE and GE3. The same applies to b. 189.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors repeated in GE

b. 45

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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FE repeated a  before a, the bottom note of the penultimate L.H. quaver. The absence of this accidental in the remaining sources could have been a result of revision, since it is not necessary here. Due to the fact that unnecessary accidentals were removed in the earliest impressions of first editions only sporadically (cf., e.g. b. 41), it is more likely, according to us, that this  was added in the last stage of proofreading of FE. The same applies to b. 189.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 46-47

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In the main text we omit the cautionary  before b1 at the beginning of the 3rd beat of b. 46; in turn, we add a  before b1 at the beginning of b. 47.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 57

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

b2-a2 in FE (→GE)

a2-g2 in EE
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Just like in b. 56, the version of EE is earlier and was corrected by Chopin in FE (→GE) in the last stage of proofreading. It is indicated by, e.g. numerous small traces of corrections performed in print, visible in FE. In the final version, the course of the melodic line from the b2 crotchet at the beginning of the bar to the f2 quaver in the next one is more consistent and distinct.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes