Rhythm
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b. 122
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composition: Op. 22, Polonaise
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Two quavers in EE is the initial version, most probably authentic. In FE one can see that the dotted rhythm was introduced only just at the stage of proofreading. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes , Dotted or even rhythm |
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b. 128
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composition: Op. 22, Polonaise
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In the previous bar Chopin extended the bass d note with an additional crotchet stem. This suggests that the absence of such an extension in the discussed bar may be an oversight. Therefore, we suggest an appropriately completed version as an alternative solution. In the main text, however, we preserve the d note as a quaver, since the same difference in duration – crotchet in b. 127 and quaver in b. 128 – is present in the cellos part, which shows that the rhythmic value and function in the phrase of each of these notes were different in Chopin's mind. See the note below. category imprint: Editorial revisions |
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b. 145-146
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composition: Op. 22, Polonaise
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The traces of removal of rests and demisemiquaver beams, visible in FE, show that every other semiquaver was initially a demisemiquaver preceded by a rest: category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes |
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b. 149
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composition: Op. 22, Polonaise
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Due to the graphic retouches of this fragment of the page, GE1a is lacking in demisemiquaver secondary beams in the R.H. beams on the 2nd and 3rd beats of the bar. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources |
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b. 151
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composition: Op. 22, Polonaise
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All sources feature a quaver at the beginning of the bar, as a result of which the bar includes 13 semiquavers. It cannot be excluded that the mistake was already in [A]. category imprint: Interpretations within context issues: Errors in FE , Rhythmic errors , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE |
. In the corrected version, the variants of the rhythm including demisemiquavers are introduced gradually, which makes this sequence more varied and related to the harmonic changes.