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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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b. 48

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Chord with b1 in GE & FE (→EE)

Chord without b1 suggested by the editors
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The chord with an additional b1 note we encounter in the sources is most probably Chopin's mistake, which is supported by the following arguments:

  • there are no musical reasons to differentiate b. 48 and 281 from b. 22, 74 and 307, in which GE and FE (→EE1) feature chords with three sounds;
  • In [A] Chopin wrote a four-note chord with b1 only once in b. 48, since b. 268-310 were certainly marked in an abridged manner as a repetition of b. 35-77;
  • b1 is necessary a bar earlier (b. 21 and anal.) to clearly mark a dominant seventh chord following Bin the preceding bar;
  • an erroneous repetition of the beginning of b. 47 or removal of the b1 note only in b. 22 and 74 (disregarding b. 48) constitute highly likely mechanical causes of the mistake.

Taking into account the above, in all five places we give a chord without b1. In EE2 (→EE3) an inverse revision was performed, i.e. all the discussed places include a four-note chord.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 49-50

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

3 d2 in GE

5 d & 4 d2 in FE (→EE1)

4 d & 4 d2 in EE2 (→EE3)
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As was the case with b. 23-24 and analogous, we base the main text on FE, which was proofread by Chopin; we only omit the d note, which was certainly added by mistake to the A-a demisemiquaver in b. 50. That note was also abandoned by EE2 (→EE3), probably on the basis of a comparison with analogous b. 283.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 49-64

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Pedalling in GE

No markings in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we include the pedal markings of GE, entered probably into [A] after [FC] had already been finished.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 50

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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Two rhythmic errors crept into FE1 here: at the beginning of the bar a dotted quaver and a semiquaver instead of a dotted semiquaver and demisemiquaver (in both parts) and a quaver triplet instead of a semiquaver triplet in the L.H. The latter was corrected in FE2 and EE1, while EE2 (→EE3) corrected both mistakes.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , FE revisions , Errors repeated in EE

b. 50-52

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No markings in GE

Accent & sur in FE (→EE)

Our variant suggestion
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In the main text we suggest the markings of FE (→EE) for the chordal section (beginning with the syncopated crotchet); it is possible to supplement them with the staccato dot drawn from GE (present in analogous b. 25).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Authentic corrections of FE