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Issues : Bass register changes

b. 25-26

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

Single notes in A (→GE) & EE1

Octaves in FE

Octaves in EE2 (→EE3)
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Chopin doubled the bass progression in the bottom octave in the proofreading of FE (cf. bar 19, in which Chopin also reinforced the bass note, adding an octave). The change, which is certainly to be considered to be final, was also introduced – in the form of added quavers under notes – in EE2 (→EE3).
The missing staccato dot (as well as accent) in FE is most probably a result of an imprecisely performed proofreading.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Bass register changes

b. 32

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

c in As, AI, A & GE

C in FE (→EE)
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The change of c to C is certainly a result of Chopin intervention in the last phase of proofreading of FE (→EE). Similarly in bar 160.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Bass register changes

b. 33

composition: Op. 28 No. 21, Prelude in B♭ major

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A originally had F as the first quaver.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

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

b. 37

composition: Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

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The crossing-out of the D-d octave at the beginning of the bar, visible in A, suggests that moving the bass line in b. 37-40 an octave lower (with respect to the version of FCI) was an idea born in the process of writing A or fresh enough for Chopin to commit a mistake in the first of the lowered octaves. In A we can see a crossed-out  before the first d2 note in the R.H., which is an example of Chopin's uncertainty as to the key signature.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Bass register changes , Last key signature sign

b. 37-38

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

D-d & C-c octaves in A (→GE→EE,FESB)

d & c in FE
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In the main text we include the undoubtedly Chopinesque correction introduced at the stage of proofreading FE1; it consisted in removing the octave doublings of two bass notes, D at the end of b. 37 and C at the beginning of b. 38.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Bass register changes