Issues : Main-line changes

b. 56

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Grace note in FE (→GE)

No grace note in EE

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The version of EE is most probably the initial version of this place, changed by Chopin in the last stage of proofreading of FE. In addition to its sound value, the added grace note may also facilitate the performance if played with the 1st finger. See also analogous b. 200 and the notes on the beginning and ending of the run in the next bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes

b. 57

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

b2-a2 in FE (→GE)

a2-g2 in EE

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Just like in b. 56, the version of EE is earlier and was corrected by Chopin in FE (→GE) in the last stage of proofreading. It is indicated by, e.g. numerous small traces of corrections performed in print, visible in FE. In the final version, the course of the melodic line from the b2 crotchet at the beginning of the bar to the f2 quaver in the next one is more consistent and distinct.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes

b. 122

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Dotted rhythm in FE (→GE)

Quavers in EE

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Two quavers in EE is the initial version, most probably authentic. In FE one can see that the dotted rhythm was introduced only just at the stage of proofreading.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes , Dotted or even rhythm

b. 130

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

b1 in FE (→GE) & EE2

a1 in EE1

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EE1 features the initial version of the 6th semiquaver, changed in the penultimate stage of proofreading of FE (→GE). The changes of the correction performed on the plate are clearly visible in FE. In addition, the changed note (b1) was provided with a cautionary , which we omit in the main text, since it is superfluous in this context. The accidental was also removed in GE; it is also absent in EE2, in which the corrected note was introduced probably on the basis of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes

b. 145-146

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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The traces of removal of rests and demisemiquaver beams, visible in FE, show that every other semiquaver was initially a demisemiquaver preceded by a rest: . In the corrected version, the variants of the rhythm including demisemiquavers are introduced gradually, which makes this sequence more varied and related to the harmonic changes.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes