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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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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

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.

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b. 320

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

2 triads in GE & EE2 (→EE3)

3 triads in FE

Sixth on the 6th quaver of the bar in EE1
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The versions of GE and FE can be considered equal variants, since each of them may be authentic; moreover, it seems impossible to determine their chronology. In the main text we give the version of FE, our principal source. The version of EE1 is most probably a mistake of the engraver, revised in EE2 (→EE3).

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b. 320

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to E. In the next two bars the sources contain respective accidentals.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 321-322

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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We add cautionary naturals before D in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions