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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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b. 143

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

d2-c2 in GE

Tied d2 in FE (→EE)
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The delay of the resolution of the d2 seventh is an improvement Chopin introduced while proofreading FE (→EE). A similar situation can be found in b. 163.
See also bars 201-202.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes

b. 144-145

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

1 slur in GE & FE
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The additional slur is an arbitrary revision by EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 147-150

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No slurs in GE & EE

1 slur in FE

2 slurs suggested by editors
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In accordance with the explanation in the note to b. 127, in the main text we follow FE and suggest adding a slur (in square brackets) in the second pair of bars. The missing slur in EE may be explained by an oversight of the engraver; however, due to the absence of the discussed bars in FE1, it cannot be ruled out that the slur had already been absent in that edition.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in EE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 147-150

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No marks in GE

4 staccato dots in bars 147-148 in FE (→EE1)

5 staccato dots in bars 147-148 in EE2 (→EE3)

5 dots each pair of bars suggested by editors
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In accordance with the explanation in the note to b. 127, in the main text we include the set of staccato dots of FE in b. 147-148 (the set was completed in EE2). Moreover, we suggest adding dots in b. 149-150 (in square brackets).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 151

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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There is no cautionary  to f2 before the 1st R.H. quaver in FE (→EE1) and GE. In this context it is a patent inaccuracy (probably by Chopin) – two cautionary accidentals are present in all sources both 2 bars further and in the first phrase of this section, in b. 131, 133 and 135. The accidental was added in EE2 (→EE3).
Moreover, in FE (→EE1) there is no  raising d2 to d2. The mistake was corrected in EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in FE , Cautionary accidentals