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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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b. 76-78

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No markings in GE

Accent & slur in FE (→EE)

Our variant suggestion
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In the main text we suggest the markings of FE (→EE) for the chordal section (beginning with the syncopated crotchet); it is possible to supplement them with the staccato dot drawn from GE (present in analogous b. 25).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 83-84

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

2 accents in GE

1 accent in FE

No marks in EE
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It is difficult to say what lies behind the difference between GE and FE (the missing accent in EE is most probably an oversight of the engraver). Each of those versions may be authentic, but also erroneous. In the main text we follow FE, our principal source.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 83

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

2 staccato dots in GE

No marks in FE (→EE)
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The missing staccato dots in FE (→EE) are most probably an oversight of the copyist or engraver – cf. bar 85.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 83-97

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No L.H. marks in GE1 & FE (→EE)

Staccato dots in GE2
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As was the case with slurs – see previous note – the staccato dots added in GE2 under the L.H. quavers certainly indicate the articulation as envisioned by Chopin. However, in such contexts Chopin would generally not duplicate the markings.
The missing dot under A on the 2nd beat of b. 83 is most probably the reviser's inadvertence.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 84-97

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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In this entire section (until b. 102) GE include staccato dots over all R.H. quavers and semiquavers written on the bottom stave; this is also the notation we give in the main text. FE and EE contain less dots, which must have resulted from oversights, most probably by the engravers of those editions – FE overlooked dots on the 2nd beat in b. 89 and 91, while EE also those at the beginning of b. 84 and on the 2nd beat of b. 93, 95 and 97.
See also the note in b. 83.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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