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Op. 22, Polonaise

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Issues : Errors repeated in EE

b. 36

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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The sources are lacking in the  lowering d2 to d2, which is a patent inaccuracy, repeated almost certainly after [A]. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 57

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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The sources are lacking in the accidental before the 2nd played note of the run. It must be Chopin's mistake (one of the most frequent ones – oversight of an alteration's cancellation), since a2 would have suggested a turn towards B major (G minor), and not F minor, whose dominant we are about to hear. Due to the absence of this accidental, a2 should also be in the ending of the run.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

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

b. 59-60

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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EE1 is lacking in the accidentals before the last semiquaver in b. 59 and the 4th note of the quintuplet in b. 60. These are patent mistakes – cf. the  lowering d2 to d2 in analogous b. 21 – probably committed still in [A], from which they got into EE1 through a proof copy of FE. In the very FE (→GE) Chopin not only added both flats in the last stage of proofreading, but also a cautionary  before d3 at the end of b. 60. All 3 accidentals were also added in EE2.
The same in b. 203-204.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 61

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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FE (→GE,EE) are lacking in the  restoring d2 on the 6th note of the run. In EE it is also the  restoring e2 two notes later that is missing. In practice, these mistakes are of no major significance, since there is no doubt that we are dealing with a chromatic sequence. See also b. 205.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 62

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In FE (→GE1,EE), there is no  restoring e3 on the 7th note of the run from the end. The patent mistake was corrected in GE2 (→GE3). The absence of a respective correction in EE is noteworthy, in which space for an accidental was left before this note. It is likely that the engraver forgot to insert the accidental intended by the reviser. The same in b. 206.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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