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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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b. 201-202

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Minim B tied to bar 202 in GE & EE2 (→EE3)

Minim B in FE

Minim d in EE1
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The version of FE must be incomplete, which is supported by a comparison with all analogous places – b. 142-145, 162-165, 203-204 and 221-224. However, it is difficult to say whether it resulted from oversights of FE or of its earlier handwritten basis or whether Chopin supplemented the notation of [A] after [FC] had already been finished. In EE1 that version was reproduced with a Terzverschreibung mistake on the 2nd beat of b. 201. In the main text we give the correct version of GE, undoubtedly intended by Chopin, introduced also by the reviser of EE2 (→EE3).

The missing tie and B in FE (→EE1) are probably an oversight of the engraver, corrected in EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 201-202

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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The corrections visible in AImaz reveal that initially the topmost note of the 1st chord in b. 202 was g1, which Chopin then changed to a1, tied from the previous bar. The final version features g1 again, which, however, was related to the fact that the next phrase (from the 2nd quaver) was moved an octave higher. The fact that in analogous b. 143 and 163 Chopin introduced the version with a tie only just while proofreading FE proves that he hesitated; actually, he hesitated to the very end of the creative process. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Chopin's hesitations

b. 208

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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There is no accidental to the bottom note of the 2nd grace note (d2) in the sources. This patent inaccuracy was removed only in GE2, in which the first grace note, with a  to the bottom note, was moved to the beginning of b. 208. It could have been the inaccuracies concerning the accidentals of the grace notes that influenced the decision to correct the rhythm too.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 210

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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In FE1 the  to the bottom note of the 2nd quaver is missing. The patent oversight was corrected both in FE2 and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , FE revisions

b. 217-220

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

R.H. from b-d1 in GE

From d1-f1 in FE (→EE1), f1 repeated in bar 220

From d1-f1 in EE2, f1 tied up to bar 220
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The traces of the changes introduced in print reveal that, initially, the version printed in FE was the same as in GE. While proofreading FE1, Chopin changed it to a version that is actually analogous to b. 197-200, yet without a tie to f1 in b. 219-220 in FE (→EE1), which must be an oversight, rectified in EE2 (→EE3). In the main text we give the version corrected by Chopin and include the undoubtedly right intervention of EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE