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Op. 22, Polonaise

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b. 19

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

No slur in FE

Slur in GE & EE

Slur in brackets suggested by the editors
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The vast majority of similar accompaniment figures in FE is provided with slurs, hence the missing slur here must be considered an inaccuracy. A slur – such as the one we suggest in the main text – was added both in GE and EE.
In the entire Polonaise, we perform such additions, concerning also accents, staccato marks or pedalling, in the main text on a number of occasions, since, in spite of visible care for precise notation, similar oversights of various single elements of notation are quite frequent in the sources.

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issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 23

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Slur in EE

Slur suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest the slur of FE from analogous b. 167. A slur was also added in EE; however, it was the adjacent figures that served as the model.

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issues: EE revisions

b. 41-42

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

No slurs in FE (→GE)

Whole-bar slurs in EE

Slurs suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest slurs modelled after the possibly authentic slur in a similar figure in b. 40. Slurs were also added in EE; however, they were modelled after the whole-bar slurs prevailing in the bars based on a similar scheme.
A similar situation can be found in b. 185-186.

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issues: EE revisions

b. 51-52

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

No slurs in FE

2 slurs in GE & EE
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The missing slurs must be a mistake of FE, in which these bars are separated by the transition into a new line. When repeated a bar later, this motif is already provided with slurs, which proves the mistake, as a result of which corresponding additions were already introduced in GE and EE. See also the note above. A similar situation can be found in b. 195-196.

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issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 57

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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Just like in b. 19, we consider the missing slur over the accompanying L.H. figure to be Chopin's oversight; in the main text we suggest a slur modelled after b. 17-18 and 56. A slur was also added in EE, yet, contrary to b. 19, it does not encompass the 1st quaver of the bar. See the next note.

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issues: EE revisions