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WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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b. 32-34

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No slurs in JC

Slurs in EF & PE
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The slurs combining g and f at the transition between bars 32 and 33 and 33 and 34 are in EF and PE. Lack of slurs in JC may be explained with, e.g., the copyist's oversight; however, their accurate completion by Fontana seems to be more probable.

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b. 34

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No markings in JC

Slurs & ten. in EF

Slur in PE

Slurs suggested by the editors
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The ascending motif is provided with slurs only in EF (in the parts of both hands). The ten. indication over the G-g crotchet is an addition to the slurring (cf. the note concerning bar 32). The slurs visible in PE in bars 32-33 suggest that lack of analogous slurring of the motif in bar 34 may have been unintentional from Chopin's point of view. Therefore, in the main text we propose a slur over the group of demisemiquavers, analogous to the slurs from the previous bars. We do not propose a separate slur for the L.H. due to the fact that the next slur in bars 34-35 is written only over the R.H. (although it undoubtedly applies to both parts led in octaves).  

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b. 38

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No slur in JC & PE

Slur in EF
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b. 39

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No slurs in JC & EF

Slurs in PE
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b. 40

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No slurs in JC

Slurs in EF

Slur in PE
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