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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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b. 199

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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In FE (→EE1) the dots prolonging the E and b minims were overlooked. The mistake was corrected in EE2 (→EE3). See also the next note.

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

b. 200-206

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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The prototype of these bars – to the 1st beat of b. 206 – is the first phrase of AImaz, a draft autograph constituting an additional source of the Polonaise. In this autograph, the fragment is written down half a tone lower, in E major with modulation to B major, not having been transferred to a higher octave in b. 202. In the notes discussing the text of AImaz, we give the pitch after transposition to the key of the respective bars of the Polonaise (half a tone higher).
Further on, AImaz corresponds to b. 220-243 of the final version. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

b. 201-202

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Slur d1-b in FE (→EE1)

Tie to b in GE & EE2 (→EE3)
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In FE the tie to b was inaccurately reproduced, as a result of which it looks like a slur meant to combine d1 on the 3rd beat of b. 201 with b in b. 202. This is how it was understood in EE1, in which a slur clearly combines those two notes. The patent mistake was corrected in EE2 (→EE3).

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issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Tie or slur

b. 201-202

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Minim B tied to bar 202 in GE & EE2 (→EE3)

Minim B in FE

Minim d in EE1
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The version of FE must be incomplete, which is supported by a comparison with all analogous places – b. 142-145, 162-165, 203-204 and 221-224. However, it is difficult to say whether it resulted from oversights of FE or of its earlier handwritten basis or whether Chopin supplemented the notation of [A] after [FC] had already been finished. In EE1 that version was reproduced with a Terzverschreibung mistake on the 2nd beat of b. 201. In the main text we give the correct version of GE, undoubtedly intended by Chopin, introduced also by the reviser of EE2 (→EE3).

The missing tie and B in FE (→EE1) are probably an oversight of the engraver, corrected in EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 201-204

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No markings in GE

Pedalling in FE (→EE)
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As was the case with b. 142-144 and 162-164, the pedal markings of FE (→EE) were most probably introduced by Chopin into the basis for FE.

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