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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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b. 313

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Chord with g2 in GE

Chord without g2 in FE (→EE)
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Chopin most probably removed this note while proofreading FE1, which we include in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 313

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to e2. The accidental was already added by EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 314-315

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No markings in GE

Accent &  in FE

in EE
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In the main text we include the accent and the  hairpin, which Chopin (most probably) added while proofreading FE (or earlier, in the basis for that edition). The missing accent in EE is most probably an oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 314

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

E & e2(3) in FE & GE

E & e2(3) with naturals, our suggestion

E & e2(3) in EE1, contextual interpretation, 26-note run

E & e2(3) in EE2, 25-note run
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In the main text we add cautionary naturals before E in the grace note opening the L.H. trill and before e2-e3 in the R.H. chord. Chopin's oversight resulted in the erroneous revisions of EE1 and EE2 – in the former the R.H. part was only routinely completed, i.e. sharps were added at the beginning of the bar, seemingly obvious after e2 in the last chord in the previous bar. It was only the reviser of EE2 that noticed that such a 'correction' required changes to the L.H. too; changes going beyond the addition of the overlooked accidental in the grace note preceding the trill – it was also the beginning of the roulade ending the trill that had to be changed, since the  added before the trill is valid also after the trill, resulting in an omission of E; in turn, we get a doubled E note. Therefore, in an authentic version of the roulade, a decision was taken to remove the second note.
As the revision introduced into EE1 results in a clearly erroneous text, in the content transcription (version 'edited text'), we raise E to E before the trill (and in the trill itself) and add a  restoring E in the second note of the scale following the trill, which eliminates the repetition of E, certainly unintentional.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 314-326

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 in b. 314-315, 320 and 323-326, entered probably into [A] after [FC] had been finished. We discuss b. 319 separately, in which the pedal markings of GE should be supplemented, according to us.

category imprint: Differences between sources