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Op. 22, Polonaise

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b. 268

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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The second half of the bar is written in the sources even more carelessly than in b. 264. In FE (→GE1), there is no  before a3 on the 4th quaver of the bar; the  restoring a3 in the last chord is also missing. These accidentals were added in EE and GE2 (→GE3). Moreover, FE (→GE1,EE) are lacking in the flats restoring b1 and b in the last two L.H. quavers. The mistake was partially corrected – only on the 5th quaver of the bar – only in GE2 (→GE3). See also the preceding note.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 268

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

No mark in FE (→GE,EE)

Wedge suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest adding a wedge after analogous b. 264.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 269-272

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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We place this and the next L.H. semiquavers between the last two semiquavers of a respective R.H. triplet, in accordance with the notation of the sources. However, according to us, it is uncertain whether it complies with the notation of [A] and with the performance intended by Chopin – in a figuration in the ending of the Variations in B Major, Op. 12, based on a similar idea and written with semiquavers in 6/8 time, the L.H. semiquavers are performed simultaneously with the last R.H. semiquaver: .

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

b. 273-274

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

2 long accents in FE & GE2 (→GE3)

Long & short accents in GE1

No accents in EE

Short accents suggested by the editors
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The difference in the length of the accents, visible in FE between the accent in b. 273 & the 2nd accent in b. 274 and the remaining accents in b. 274-276, does not necessarily mean that they should be diversified. It may be a result of a different origin of these two accents, which were probably added only just in the last stage of proofreading of FE (it is supported by their absence in EE). The latter was inaccurately reproduced in GE1, which was then corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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