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b. 28

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

Crotchet in As

Quaver, rest & semiquaver in FE (→GE,EE)
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In As the 2nd beat does not differ from the version of bar 20, which must be the initial version, enhanced in the process of preparing the Mazurka for publication.

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

issues: Main-line changes

b. 28

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

g3 repeated in AsI

g3 tied in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)
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According to the editors, it is not certain whether the lack of the tie to g3 in AsI is a real variant or just Chopin's oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Main-line changes

b. 28

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Small notes in AsI

Regular-size notes in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Main-line changes

b. 29

composition: Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

b3 in CLI & EE

c4 in FE (→GE)
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The b3 note on the last semiquaver in CLI and EE seems to be a mistake – the copyist, or maybe the engraver, could have not realised the irregularity of figurations in this place. However, one cannot exclude that CLI transfers the original version of the note, while in EE we are dealing with an editorial revision. Cf. bars 5 and 53.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Main-line changes

b. 29

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

b1-b1-a1 in CLI

b1-a1-g1 in Ap, FEcor & GE

b1-a1()-g1 in FE (→EE)
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This is the second of the places in which Chopin changed the melodic line of the Etude (cf. bar 28). The final version is present in Ap, it was also already written in the base text for FE.

In one of the last proofreadings of FE (→EE) a cautionary  was added before the 14th semiquaver a1. In this context the sign seems to be totally unnecessary.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes