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Issues : Accompaniment changes

b. 313

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Chord with g2 in GE

Chord without g2 in FE (→EE)
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Chopin most probably removed this note while proofreading FE1, which we include in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 317-318

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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In Morch Chopin shortened the value of the g-e1-b1 chord in violins and violas to a crotchet – originally, it lasted almost two bars, same as the bass note of the C-c chord, held by cellos and double basses.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 337-338

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

AsI

A

GE (→EE,FESB)

FE
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In FE the R.H. version, which is significantly altered with respect to the remaining sources, must have been introduced by Chopin (the absence of visible traces of changes performed in print suggests that Chopin entered it already into the basis, that is a copy of GE1). As it is the last authentic version, we give it in the main text. We only add a  hairpin in bar 338 – the mark is present in A, yet it was overlooked in GE, hence its absence in FE was not probably intended (in bar 337 Chopin included an analogous mark while proofreading FE1).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 338

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

b in last quaver in A (→GE→EE,FESB)

No b in FE
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Chopin removed b while proofreading FE1 (→FE2). The removal of this note prepares a strictly four-part texture of the next two bars and ensures that the chromatic connection between the G6< major and B major chords is as legible as possible.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 352

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

a2 in A (→GE)

d2-a2 in FE (→EE)
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A more accurate specification of the unexpected B7 chord in the solo part already at the beginning of the bar must be a Chopinesque improvement introduced in the proofreading of FE (→EE). It is already a second change in this bar with respect to the earliest preserved version, after the rhythmic diversification – see the adjacent note. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE