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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 284

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No markings in GE

Accent & slur in FE & EE2, contextual interpretation

Accent in EE1, contextual interpretation

Our variant suggestion
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In the main text we suggest the markings of FE for the chordal section starting from the syncopated crotchet; there is a possibility to add the staccato dot from GE in analogous b. 25. At the same time, we correct the third accent, which was misplaced, i.e. it was put over the first chord in b. 284 (which is tied!). EE1 repeated the mistake of FE and also overlooked the slur (which was added in EE2).   

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 290

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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FE overlooked the dots prolonging the e-e1 octave. The mistake was corrected in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 291-292

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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Like in b. 58-59, in FE1 there is not a single  raising g to g (in various octaves). The mistake was corrected in FE2 and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 294

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No c2 in GE

Tied c2 in FE (→EE)
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The version of FE (→EE), identical to the version of GE and analogous b. 61 in terms of sound, possibly originated as an ad hoc correction of the engraver's mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 299

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Dots to a2-a3 in GE & EE

Dot to a3 in FE
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The missing dot prolonging the bottom note of the octave, a2, despite the semblance of righteousness – in FE the bottom note is a quaver – is almost certainly an oversight. Wherever similarly written-down octaves (i.e. in two-part notation) are provided with dots, they are present next to both notes of an octave, irrespective of the notation of a given octave (one- or two-part).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE