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Op. 22, Polonaise

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 201

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

b2-a2 in FE

a2-g2 in GE & EE
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Similarly as in the case of b. 57, the version of EE and GE is an earlier version of this place, left contrary to Chopin's intention. See also the note in b. 200.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 201

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Run begins with b2 in FE (→GE)

Run begins with g2 in EE
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Just like in b. 57, the version of EE is most probably the initial one, changed in FE (→GE) in the last stage of proofreading, yet a revision of EE cannot be entirely ruled out.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 221

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

risoluto in FE (→GE)

brillante in EE
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It is difficult to explain how the risoluto indication was replaced in EE by brillante. It was probably an arbitrary decision of the publisher, although it could have also been the initial version, changed by Chopin in FE (→GE) in the last stage of proofreading.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 223

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

e1-a1 in FE (→GE) & EE2

e1-a1 in EE1
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The version of EE1, repeated then in all analogous bars (b. 227, 243 and 247), could have been the initial version of these bars. However, it seems to be more likely that we are dealing here with Chopin's inadvertence, corrected in the penultimate stage of proofreading of FE (→GE). The correction was also introduced in EE2, probably on the basis of GE1. The a1 note is featured in the violas part, yet only just on the 3rd beat of the bar (after the rests).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Last key signature sign

b. 224

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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EE1 is lacking in the cautionary flats before a1 in the L.H. crotchet chord and before b1, the 4th R.H. semiquaver. The accidentals were added in the penultimate stage of proofreading of FE (→GE) as well as in EE2. In the main text we also add a  before a1, the 2nd R.H. semiquaver. Cf. b. 223. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE