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b. 155-156
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composition: Op. 22, Polonaise
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The curved line of FE (→GE) placed on the side of the noteheads could be considered a tie of c1. This is how it was most probably understood in EE, where a slur was added over the chords. A comparison with the analogous situations in b. 152-153 and 153-154, in which the bottom-most, common note of the chords is not tied, shows that c1 is most probably to be repeated here. In order to avoid doubts, in the main text we place the slur over the chords. After all, it cannot be ruled out that the notation of [A] was unequivocal – the slur could have been placed over the chords (engravers would often move marks – slurs, accents, dots – to the side of the noteheads, not taking into account a possible change of significance of a given mark) or the second chord could have been provided with a staccato dot, like at the beginning of b. 155. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , Placement of markings |
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b. 156-157
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composition: Op. 22, Polonaise
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It is difficult to assume that Chopin could have imagined a different articulation for this pair of the L.H. octaves. It was already obvious to the revisers of both GE and EE. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , GE revisions |
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b. 163
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composition: Op. 22, Polonaise
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Just like in b. 19, in the main text we suggest adding a L.H. slur. It was also added in EE. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions |
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b. 176
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composition: Op. 22, Polonaise
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It is the different slurring with respect to analogous b. 32 that is noteworthy. Due to the highly likely abridged notation of the reprise of the main section of the Polonaise in [A], this difference must have occurred in print, e.g. as a result of Chopin's proofreading in b. 32. In the main text we suggest adding slurs while maintaining the source slur, since it emphasises the significance of the f2 crotchet, thus kind of replacing the accent present in b. 32. category imprint: Editorial revisions |
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b. 185-186
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composition: Op. 22, Polonaise
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Like in analogous b. 41-42, in the main text we suggest adding slurs over the L.H. quavers. Slurs were also added in EE; however, their range differs: in b. 185 the slur runs from the semiquavers, whereas in b. 186 from the beginning of the bar. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions |
2 slur in sources
