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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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Issues : Chopin's hesitations

b. 201-202

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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The corrections visible in AImaz reveal that initially the topmost note of the 1st chord in b. 202 was g1, which Chopin then changed to a1, tied from the previous bar. The final version features g1 again, which, however, was related to the fact that the next phrase (from the 2nd quaver) was moved an octave higher. The fact that in analogous b. 143 and 163 Chopin introduced the version with a tie only just while proofreading FE proves that he hesitated; actually, he hesitated to the very end of the creative process. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Chopin's hesitations

b. 204-205

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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In AImaz a dotted rhythm is to be found three times here – on the 1st beat of b. 204 and on the 2nd beat of b. 205 and  further on in b. 204. In the case of the latter, the dots prolonging the crotchets and the quaver flags were most probably added as a change of the initial version with two crotchets. In the final version of the Polonaise, this motif appears twice (also in b. 145-146), in which a dotted rhythm was used only at the beginning of b. 145.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Dotted or even rhythm