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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 155

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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In FE (→EE1) there are no cautionary accidentals before the 1st R.H. quaver. The inaccuracy was corrected in EE2 (→EE3). The accidentals are also present in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 172

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

b1 in GE & EE2 (→EE3)

b1 in FE (→EE1)
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In FE the missing  restoring b1 is almost certainly an oversight, which is proven by the compliant and flawless text of all sources in analogous b. 231 – f1 and not f1. The mistake was repeated in EE1, yet noticed and corrected in EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 177

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to d2.
In EE cautionary accidentals –  and  – were added to the f1-a1 third.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 186-188

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Slurs from acciaccaturas to g1-b1 in GE

No slurs in FE1

Slur from grace notes to E in bar 186 in FE2 & EE
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In the entire middle section, each time this theme appears, the grace notes go with the R.H. melody (cf. b. 129, 148-149, 206-208), hence we follow here GE, considering the version of FE2 (→EE) to be a an inept revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , FE revisions

b. 198

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No pedalling in GE

in FE (→EE1)

    in EE2 (→EE3)

( ), our variant suggestion
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The absence of pedal markings in this bar does not seem to be a mistake of GE – a typical Chopinesque harmonic pedal is not indispensable here, since all notes that are supposed to be heard are held with fingers. In this situation, the lonely  mark of FE (→EE1) may be interpreted in many different ways, e.g. as a mistake (by the engraver or even by Chopin in the basis for FE or while proofreading FE1) or an inaccuracy (overlooked ). A  mark was added in EE2 (→EE3) by analogy with similar b. 139 and 159, which, considering that the situation in the discussed bar is different, does not have to be an apt revision. Taking into account the above, in the main text we suggest a variant solution, made of the version of GE and the supplemented version of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , No pedal release mark