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Op. 22, Polonaise

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 126

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

in FE (→GE) & EE2

No sign in EE1
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The  hairpin, unless overlooked in EE1, was added in the later stage of proofreading of FE (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , 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. 131-132

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

dim. in bar 132 in FE (→GE)

dim. in bar 131 in EE
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The fact that dim. appears earlier is probably the initial version of this fragment's dynamics, changed by Chopin in the penultimate stage of proofreading of FE (→GE). In addition to moving this indication, Chopin probably added a long accent at the beginning of b. 132, emphasising the moment from which the diminuendo should begin.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 132

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Long accent in FE

in GE

No mark in EE
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A long accent could have been added in the penultimate stage of proofreading of FE; it is indicated by the absence of the mark in EE along with the shift of dim. – see the previous note. In GE the mark was almost certainly erroneously interpreted as a  hairpin.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

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