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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 62-64

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.
Naturals in those places were also being added in the analogous b. 295-297.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 67

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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As was the case with b. 41, in FE (→EE1) there is no  restoring g2 in the last octave in the bar. The mistake was corrected in EE2 (→EE3), where sharps were added next to both notes of that octave. The same version is in GE, which is also almost certainly an editorial revision, since these accidentals are absent in b. 274 and 300, which were marked in [A] in an abridged manner as a repetition of b. 41 and 67 and, consequently, could not differ from them.
In the main text we add only the necessary  next to g2.   

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 70

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Quavers e-b in GE & FE (→EE1)

Quavers c-e-b in EE2
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In the 4 quaver chords, we add here c notes in accordance with the changes Chopin introduced while proofreading FE (→EE1) in all analogous places – b. 18, 44, 277 and 303. The missing notes in the discussed bar must be considered a mistake in this context (quite typical of Chopin – cf. numerous examples tagged relevantly). The notes were also added in EE2, most probably on the basis of a comparison with analogous bars. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 72

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Grace notes A-B in GE & EE2

Grace notes A-B in FE (→EE1)
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The version of FE (→EE1) almost certainly results from an oversight of the copyist or of the engraver of FE. The mistake was corrected in EE2, probably on the basis of a comparison with analogous b. 46, 279 and 305.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 74

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Chord without b1 in GE & FE (→EE1)

Chord with b1 in EE2
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The chord with b1 in EE2 (→EE3) is an arbitrary revision, which most probably resulted from a comparison with b. 48 and 281, in which the first chord contains that note in all sources (probably by mistake).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions