Issues : Inaccuracies in GE
b. 61-64
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composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor
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In the main text we give the unquestionable slurs of FE (→EE). The fact that the slurs of GE1 begin earlier can reflect the inaccurate notation of [A], which most probably marked slurs of the same range. The version of GE2 must be arbitrary. Our alternative suggestion is based on an assumption that the endings of the slurs could have been routinely revised by the engravers. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions |
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b. 62-64
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composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor
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The issue whether the accidentals to the small notes apply to the normal-sized notes was not clearly stated in Chopin's time, as it turns out. In GE and FE there is no accidental before the bottom note of the L.H. chord on the 3rd beat in b. 62 and 63, d, which, at least theoretically, can be misleading. Naturals were only added in EE – in EE1 in b. 63 and in EE2 in b. 62. FE2 added a not so justified cautionary before d2 in b. 63. The accidental is also present in EE which added yet other cautionary naturals – before d2 in b. 62 and 64 as well as d1 in b. 63-64. In the main text we include only the naturals before d in b. 62-63. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , FE revisions |
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b. 107
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composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor
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As was the case with analogous b. 31 and 57, the slur of GE, although formally correct, is most probably inaccurate and marks a grace note and an arpeggio (written down as a vertical slur). The missing slur (arpeggio) in FE (→EE) is most probably an oversight by the copyist in [FC] or by the engraver. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Arpeggio – vertical slur |
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b. 119-121
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composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor
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In the main text we suggest accents as written down in EE. This solution combines the most certain elements of the versions of GE1 and FE:
category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Placement of markings |
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b. 131-139
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composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor
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We give the staccato dots under the bass notes after GE1, in which they are absent only in b. 135-136. According to us, it makes it possible for us to consider (with as high probability as possible) that Chopin's intention was to mark all those notes with dots. The clearly defective version of FE (→EE) probably resulted from the accumulation of the oversights by the engraver of FE1 with the earlier ones, in the handwritten basis for that edition. The omission of the marks in b. 137-139 in GE2 seems to be a revision. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions |