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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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Issues : Errors in FE

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. 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

b. 91

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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In FE1 (→EE1) the 1st note in the 2nd L.H. demisemiquaver group is a d. The patent mistake was rectified in FE2 and EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 97

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

c(1) in GE, FE2 & EE

c(1) in FE1
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The missing naturals lowering c and c1 to c and c1 in b. 97 in FE1 must be a mistake, committed probably by Chopin. It is indicated by the lack of planned space for naturals in GE1, which means that they were most probably absent in [A]; they could have been added in printing. The mistake was corrected in FE2 and EE. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions

b. 100

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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The g note instead of a in FE1 (→EE1) must be a mistake of the engraver, corrected in subsequent impressions of both editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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