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Issues : Accompaniment changes

b. 5-7

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

Lower register of accompaniment in FE1 (→GE)

Higher register of accompaniment in FE2 (→EEW)
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The authenticity of the change of position of the accompanying chords and the bass register introduced in FE2 (→EE) is unquestionable. In a later version Chopin polished up the sequence of 3 voices contained in chords in the tenor and alto register and avoided a parallel shift of chords (G major→C minor) between bars 7 and 8.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Bass register changes

b. 6

composition: Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

2 times e-a-c1 in As

e-c1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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In As the 2nd L.H. crotchet is an e-a-c1 three-note chord. The same chord is then repeated as the 3rd crotchet. Chopin would often change the number or position of notes in such accompanying figures or the number of times a given chord is played in a bar while refining his pieces – cf., e.g. bar 13, 19, 20, 22-24.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 7-11

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

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A bears traces of corrections made in the 1st  crotchet of the L.H. in bars 7 (erasure)  and 11 (crossing-out). In bar 11, Chopin replaced the chord f-a-d1 with the third d1-f1. Traces of his intervention in bar 7, although less clear, also point to the same change. A corresponding correction was also introduced by the composer in all the analogous bars: 39, 43, 91 and 95.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 7

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

Crotchets in CLI & Ap

Quavers & rests in FE (→GE,EE) 
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The alignment of the notation of the L.H. to the rhythm of the previous bars introduced in FEcor (→FE→GE,EE) is an undeniable improvement.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 7

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

f1-a1 in CLI (interpretation)

d1-a1 in Ap

f1-b1 in FE (→GE,EE) 
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In the main text we give b1, which Chopin introduced instead of previous a1 while still preparing the base text for FE (→GE,EE), as the topmost note of the chord. The inner note of the chord reveals Chopin's hesitation between f1 in CLI and FE (→GE,EE) and d1 in Ap. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes