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Issues : Accompaniment changes

b. 263

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A one can see a deleted note in the chord (b).

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 268

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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In FEG and in the base text to EE Chopin changed enharmonically b to c1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Enharmonic corrections , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 269

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

d1-e1 in FE

d1-e1-g1 in GE & EE
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The d1-e1 second, present in FE, is the original version – in FEG (→GE) Chopin added to it a g1. EE also features the completed version with the d1-e1-g1 chord. Therefore, the fact of leaving FE in the original version must be considered as Chopin's oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 269-270

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

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Crossings-out visible in A show that the two last bass octaves were originally written an octave higher.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes , Bass register changes

b. 274

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

2 R.H. f notes in AsI

5 R.H. f notes in A (→GE)

3 R.H. f notes in FE & FESB

4 R.H. f notes in EE

Our variant suggestion
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A version of FE in which R.H. quavers on the 2nd beat do not include the f notes is most likely the result of Chopin's correction of its Stichvorlage, i.e. a copy of GE1. This version, which does not suggest striking these notes with both hands simultaneously, is given in the main text. A similar adjustment was made in EE, but there is no suggestion that Chopin had any influence on the text of this edition.
Noteworthy is the version of AsI, in which Chopin omitted the first f quaver on the 2nd beat (similarly to FE), and also deleted the f semiquavers on the 1st beat. The removal of these notes, which is a kind of development of the original idea to which Chopin eventually returned, is included in the main text in variant form.

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

issues: EE revisions , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Revisions in FESB