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Op. 22, Polonaise

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b. 45

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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FE (→GE1→GE2) are lacking in the accidental before the 5th semiquaver from the end, which results in g2. This patent mistake is evidenced by the  before the next note, which is g2. The mistake was corrected in EE and GE3. The same applies to b. 189.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 45

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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FE repeated a  before a, the bottom note of the penultimate L.H. quaver. The absence of this accidental in the remaining sources could have been a result of revision, since it is not necessary here. Due to the fact that unnecessary accidentals were removed in the earliest impressions of first editions only sporadically (cf., e.g. b. 41), it is more likely, according to us, that this  was added in the last stage of proofreading of FE. The same applies to b. 189.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 46

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

No marking in FE

at end of bar in GE & EE

[] suggested by the editors
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The missing  mark in FE must be considered an inaccuracy, since due to the harmonic change on the 3rd beat of the bar, one cannot repeat here the whole-bar pedalling from the two previous bars. Both GE and EE failed to notice this subtlety: in both cases a  mark was added at the end of the bar. In the main text we suggest releasing the pedal before the 3rd beat of the bar, as indicated by Chopin in analogous b. 42.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 46

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Horizontal accent in FE (→GE)

Vertical accent in EE
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The change of an accent to a vertical one is a typical arbitrary action of EE – cf. b. 47-50. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 46-47

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In the main text we omit the cautionary  before b1 at the beginning of the 3rd beat of b. 46; in turn, we add a  before b1 at the beginning of b. 47.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals