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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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Issues : Accompaniment changes

b. 18

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Quavers e-b in GE

Quavers c-e-b in FE (→EE)
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The c notes were added in four quaver chords in the proofreading stage of FE (→EE), almost certainly by Chopin. Identical corrections were also entered into three analogous places – b. 44, 277 and 303. See also b. 70.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 23-24

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Single d2 in GE

2 d & 2 d2 in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we include the middle notes (d and d2) added to the A-a and a1-a2 octaves; Chopin added them while proofreading FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 49-50

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

3 d2 in GE

5 d & 4 d2 in FE (→EE1)

4 d & 4 d2 in EE2 (→EE3)
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As was the case with b. 23-24 and analogous, we base the main text on FE, which was proofread by Chopin; we only omit the d note, which was certainly added by mistake to the A-a demisemiquaver in b. 50. That note was also abandoned by EE2 (→EE3), probably on the basis of a comparison with analogous b. 283.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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

b. 75-76

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Without d in L.H. in GE

3 d in LH. in FE (→EE)
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As was the case with b. 23-24 and analogous, in the main text we follow FE, proofread by Chopin, in which he added three d notes in the L.H. part: on the 1st and 3rd beats of b. 75 and on the first beat of b. 76.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 224

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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On the 2nd and 3rd beats of the bar one can see corrections of the bottom R.H. notes in AImaz the result of which is not entirely clear. The crotchet on the 2nd beat could be interpreted as d2-a2 or c2-a2, since it is uncertain whether Chopin was changing c2 to d2 or the other way around. According to us, it is the former that is more likely, which is indicated by the correction of the next crotchet, in which c2 was changed to c2. Therefore, it is likely that Chopin initially wrote down the same harmonic sequence as in the next bar (c2-a2 and c2-a2), only to later raise both bottom notes, which resulted in d2-a2 and c2-a2. The text of the Polonaise reveals that Chopin eventually abandoned that diversification.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accompaniment changes