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Issues : Accompaniment changes

b. 7

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

6 times b in AI

6 times a in A (→CDP,GE), FE & EE
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In the first three figures the L.H. in AI has a b as the 3rd and 5th semiquavers. It is an earlier version, changed by Chopin still before writing A, in which the eventual version – with a – is already written in the final form.  

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

AI

A (→CDP,GE), FE & EE
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In AI in both bars the 3rd figure in the R.H. preserves the regular melodic shape, i.e. the last two notes of the sextuplet are the same as the second and third note. Chopin changed it in A (→GE), correcting the already written original version. The remaining sources also include the final version.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 7

composition: Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

Quaver in A

Crotchet in FE (→GE1,EE), 1st instance only

Crotchet in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5)
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Chopin added a crotchet stem in the L.H. to the g quaver in the proofreading of FE1. The absence of this correction in the analogous bar in the written repetition in the editions most probably results from Chopin's oversight. We directly include this minor improvement in the main text, which corresponds to both analogous bars in the first editions. An addition was respectively performed in the bar being a repetition of bar 7 also in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 7

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

e1-c1 in AsI

c1-a in A
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In the 1st half of the bar, the L.H. part bears traces of corrections in AsI. While working on this manuscript, the initial version:  was ultimately replaced by the one we give in our transcription. Chopin then once more changed the 2nd and 3rd hemidemisemiquavers in the 1st figure of the bar; in A he returned to the initial version. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Accompaniment changes , Corrections of AI

b. 7

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

Arpeggios from a1 in AsI

Arpeggios from a1 in AsI

Arpeggios from c2 in A

Arpeggios from c2 in A
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As in bars 1-2 and 5-6, in AsI Chopin kept the position of the hemidemisemiquaver figures, in spite of the melody semiquavers, which are each time farther away. In the final version, he reduced the distance between the melody semiquavers and the preceding arpeggio-like figures. The same in bar 23. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes