mUltimate Chopin

Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description

Issues : GE revisions

b. 276

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Crotchet a1 in GE1 & FE (→EE)

Crotchet f1-a1 in GE2
..

The version of GE2 is erroneous or arbitrary, perhaps introduced on the basis of the version of the sources – most probably erroneous – in b. 69.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 294-295

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Slurs from E to g in GE1 (contextual interpretation) & FE (→EE)

Slurs from  F1 to a in GE2

Slurs from E to a, our alternative suggestion
..

Like in b. 61-64, in the main text we give the unequivocal slurs of FE (→EE). The slurs of GE1, starting earlier, may convey the inaccurate notation of [A], which most probably indicates slurs of the same range. The version of GE2 must be arbitrary. Our alternative suggestion is based on the assumption that the engravers could have routinely interpreted the endings of the slurs.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 296-297

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

..

In GE and FE1 there are no accidentals to the d notes (in various octaves) on the 3rd beat of both bars. The remaining editions added the following naturals:

  • FE2 to the bottom note of the L.H. chord in b. 296 (d) and to d2 in both bars;
  • EE1 to d and d2 in b. 296;
  • EE2 also to d1 and d2 in b. 297.

In the main text we include only the L.H. accidentals.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 296-297

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Slurs from E to g in GE1 & FE (→EE)

Slurs from F1 to a in GE2

Slurs from E to a, our alternative suggestion
..

Like in b. 61-64, in the main text we give the unequivocal slurs of FE (→EE). In these bars it is also the slurs of GE1 that are of the same range, yet imprecisely drawn. The version of GE2 must be arbitrary. Our alternative suggestion is based on the assumption that the engravers could have routinely interpreted the endings of the slurs.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 302

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Quaver a1-c2 in GE1 & FE (→EE)

Crotchet a1-c2 in GE2
..

As in bar 276, splitting the first chord into two parts – the a1-c2 third forming the upper crotchet – is an arbitrary revision of GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions