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.
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