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b. 7-8

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

Longer slur in AI

Short slur in FE (→GE,EE)

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b. 8

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

D-B in AsI

D-d in A

In AsI one can see that the bass note on the 4th quaver in the bar was remade, that is B₁ was changed to D. According to us, it could have been a simplified correction, marking the change of both first hemidemisemiquavers, which would result in a text compliant with A. However, it is only a conjecture, hence we regard the AsI text as an intermediate variant between a figure starting with a B₁-B octave and the A version with a D-d octave.

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b. 11

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

3rd note b in AsI

3rd note g in A

In AsI the 3rd hemidemisemiquaver in each group is b. However, the manuscript bears traces of hesitation with respect to the pitch of these groups – in three of them, over the 4th note (c) one can see an added notehead of a g note, crossed out in the 1st and 3rd groups. Therefore, it seems that Chopin pondered replacing the final c note with g, yet he gave up on the idea. The A text, in which g replaced not the 4th, but the 3rd note in the passages (b) would mean that Chopin changed the 2nd pair of hemidemisemiquavers in these figures 3 times – he started from b-c, which he changed to b-g, then he returned to initial b-c, to eventually change them to g-c.