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Op. 22, Polonaise

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b. 102

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In the main text we omit the cautionary flats before the A1-A octave, present in all sources. See also b. 111-112.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 111-112

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In the main text we omit the unjustified cautionary flats before the a1 notes. These accidentals are absent in the repetition of this phrase in b. 119-120; therefore, Chopin could have been driven by the key to which the music strives – G minor in b. 111-112, yet D major in b. 119-120.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

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. 227

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

e1-a1 in FE (→GE) & EE2

e1-a1 in EE1
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Just like in b. 223, the version of EE1 is probably Chopin's mistake adopted from a proof copy of FE. The natural raising a1 to a1 was added in the last stage of proofreading of FE (→GE). The correction was also introduced in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 243-247

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

e1-a1 in FE (→GE) & EE2

e1-a1 in EE1
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Just like in b. 223 and 227, the version of EE1 in b. 243 and 247 is probably Chopin's mistake adopted from a proof copy of FE. The natural raising a1 to a1 was added in both bars in the penultimate stage of proofreading of FE (→GE). The correction was also introduced in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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