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b. 12

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to b1.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 12

composition: Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

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In the main text we add cautionary naturals to a1 and a.

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b. 12

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

Rest in sources

b2 suggested by the editors
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It cannot be ruled out that the source version with a rest on the 3rd beat of the bar is authentic – small differences between the first appearance of a certain detail and its repetitions – cf. bar 20, 44, 52 and 116 – are not uncommon in Chopin's style, cf., e.g. the Scherzo in B minor, Op. 31, bar 273, 284, 375 and 396 – it is only in the first one that the chord includes a d seventh; the remaining ones contain e. However, the individual presentations of this phrase of the Scherzo differ also in other details, whereas in the Waltz it is practically the only difference between the five occurrences of this eight-bar section. Due to the above, we believe that it was rather a mistake in the interpretation of [A]. 

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issues: Errors in PE

b. 12

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

e2 in As

e2 in FE (→GE,EE)
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Chopin's omission of accidentals defining the alteration occurred only exceptionally, so the lack of an accidental before the last quaver in As, which makes it an e2, is probably an earlier version.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Main-line changes

b. 12

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

Divergent arpeggio in AsI

Convergent arpeggio in A
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In AsI Chopin continues the principal scheme of contrary motion passages one quaver longer. In A version, Chopin made the arrangement of the figures in this bar look like in bar 8.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Main-line changes