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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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b. 210

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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In FE1 the  to the bottom note of the 2nd quaver is missing. The patent oversight was corrected both in FE2 and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , FE revisions

b. 215

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Staccato dots in GE

No marks in FE (→EE)
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As in bars 210-214, we adopt more precise notation of GE in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 216-218

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No marks in sources

Staccato dots suggested by the editors
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In the main text we add staccato dots to the L.H. crotchets, in accordance with the markings of GE in the preceding bars, and in the case of the 1st crotchet in b. 218 also in accordance with b. 139. The markings could have been overlooked by accident, since these bars open a new line in GE, which is conducive to such inaccuracies.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 217-220

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

R.H. from b-d1 in GE

From d1-f1 in FE (→EE1), f1 repeated in bar 220

From d1-f1 in EE2, f1 tied up to bar 220
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The traces of the changes introduced in print reveal that, initially, the version printed in FE was the same as in GE. While proofreading FE1, Chopin changed it to a version that is actually analogous to b. 197-200, yet without a tie to f1 in b. 219-220 in FE (→EE1), which must be an oversight, rectified in EE2 (→EE3). In the main text we give the version corrected by Chopin and include the undoubtedly right intervention of EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 217-218

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Pedalling in GE

in FE (→EE)
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The partial lack of pedal markings in FE (→EE) must have resulted from an oversight, by the engraver or the copyist, or perhaps by Chopin himself if FE were based on the second autograph.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , No pedal release mark