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In the main text we give the rhythm of FE (→EE), written down flawlessly. The version of GE, in spite of correct rhythmic values, raises various doubts:
- the alignment of the R.H. part with respect to the L.H. one corresponds to the rhythmic values of FE and not GE;
- Chopin, in accordance with a traditional rule, would not use dots when writing rests;
- in analogous b. 288 there is a different rhythm in GE, i.e. the same that can be found in FE in both bars. Such a situation could not have taken place in [A], in which the reprise of the main part of the Polonaise was almost certainly marked in an abridged manner as a repetition of a respective fragment of the first part.
The easiest explanation would be that in GE corrections were being added in print; since nothing indicates that Chopin could have participated in the proofreading of GE1, the authenticity of the version of that edition is questionable here.
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