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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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b. 240

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

 in GE1

No mark in FE (→EE) & GE2

Our variant suggestion
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In the main text we suggest an optional ornament like in b. 181.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 240

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Staccato dot in GE1

No mark in FE (→EE) & GE2
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In the main text we include the staccato dot printed in GE after [A]. The mark was probably overlooked by the engraver of FE (→EE) or earlier, in the manuscript basis for that edition. The absence of the dot in GE2 is certainly the fault of the engraver of that edition.
There is a similar situation two bars later.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 240-241

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

    in GE1

No markings in FE (→EE)

   in GE2
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As was the case with b. 181-182, the missing pedal markings in FE (→EE) suggest that Chopin added them to #A after [FC] had already been finished. The  mark of GE2 having been placed earlier is almost certainly an inaccuracy by the engraver – cf. the compliant version of both GE in b. 181-182.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 241-242

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

b tied in GE

b repeated in FE (→EE)

Our variant suggestion
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According to us, both source versions can be authentic, although mistakes cannot be ruled out:

  • in FE the tie to b could have been overlooked, like the slur in this bar;
  • in GE one can assume an unfinished correction – the tie was printed by mistake instead of the tie from the previous bar, and one forgot to remove it after the correct one had been added (examples of such unfinished corrections – see, e.g. the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, III mov., b. 282 or the Ballade in F, Op. 38, b. 179).

Due to the above reason, in the main text we suggest a variant solution.

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b. 241

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Slur in GE

No slur in FE (→EE)

Slur suggested by the editors
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The whole-bar slur of GE probably resulted from an erroneous interpretation of the inaccurate slur of [A]. Chopin would generally start slurs running from a note written in notes tied by one or a few ties either from the first or last of those notes, but never the middle one. In the absence of a slur in FE (→EE), in the main text we refer to an analogous situation in b. 182. In the version of GE in which b is tied twice, the suggested slur is tantamount to the one written down in the source.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE