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Op. 22, Polonaise

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Issues : Long accents

b. 31

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Long accent in FE

in EE

in GE1
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The mark, which bears all characteristics of a long accent in FE, was interpreted in the remaining editions as a  hairpin. It is evidenced by the fact that the mark was being extended, which is particularly clear in GE2 (→GE3) and EE; the aim could have been to partially adjust the mark to the longer  mark in the preceding bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 53-54

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Short & 3 long accents in FE

4 short accents in GE

4 vertical accents in EE
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Three accents in b. 54 are slightly longer in FE, moved to the right and inclined, which, according to us, means that a different accent should be applied (with respect to the previous ones). Therefore, in the main text we reproduce them as long accents. The described difference was not considered significant in GE, whereas EE changed these accents to vertical ones. However, since it was also the last accent in b. 53 that was reproduced as vertical in EE, this change most probably was not related to the graphic representation of the accents in FE – arbitrary changes of accents to vertical ones are generally typical of EE – cf. b. 47-50.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 111-112

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Short accents in FE (→GE,EE)

Long accents suggested by the editors
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We reproduce the four accents over the L.H. chords as long accents. According to us, they emphasise characteristic two-note motifs, used by Chopin on a number of occasions in other pieces. In the Etude in G Major, Op. 10 No. 5, b. 17-21, in the proofread version of the French edition, the motifs were provided with marks that were almost certainly long accents according to the composer's intention.
The same in b. 119.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents

b. 119-120

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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Just like in b. 111, in the main text we give long accents in b. 119. We also add them in b. 120 after b. 112.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents

b. 132

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Long accent in FE

in GE

No mark in EE
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A long accent could have been added in the penultimate stage of proofreading of FE; it is indicated by the absence of the mark in EE along with the shift of dim. – see the previous note. In GE the mark was almost certainly erroneously interpreted as a  hairpin.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of FE