Issues : EE revisions

b. 1

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

No heading in FE (→EE1)

POLONAISE in GE & EE2

[POLONAISE] suggested by the editors

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In spite of the title, which clearly indicates that the piece is a polonaise, there is no indication that it is here that the actual polonaise begins, which we consider an oversight and correct it in the main text. It was already GE that introduced a relevant addition; it is also in EE2, most probably on the basis of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 5

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

in FE (→GE)

in EE

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 is probably a revision of EE – repetition of  could have seemed superfluous. There is also a possibility, although, according to us, highly unlikely, that this indication was initially also in FE, in which Chopin, however, changed it to  in the last stage of proofreading. After all, the composer's intention is not obvious here if we take into account the crescendi filling the following 6 bars. The orchestral voices also do not dissipate our doubts, since the cellos and double basses are provided with , yet violins and violas – with  (the remaining voices are devoid of dynamic markings here).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , fz – f

b. 5-6

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

 in FE, literal reading

in GE

 in FE (contextual interpretation→EE)

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In FE (→GE) the  mark is placed only in b. 6, the first in a new line. However, the manner it was placed suggests that Chopin wanted it to begin earlier, probably similarly to the hairpin in b. 7-8. This is how it was understood in EE and this is the version we give in the main text. In turn, in GE the mark was considered to have been carelessly engraved, thus it was being gradually shortened and its starting point moved towards the 1st quaver in b. 6. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions

b. 6

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In FE (→GE1), there is no  raising b2 to b2. The accidental was added in EE and subsequent GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Errors repeated in GE

b. 7

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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The cautionary  before b in the last R.H. chord, present in the majority of the sources and poorly justified, was removed only in EE2

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals