Issues : Bass register changes
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b. 40
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composition: Op. 28 No. 22, Prelude in G minor category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes , Bass register changes |
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b. 49
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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The sense and authenticity of this sign in FED is doubtless, yet due to the much more powerful and longer-sounding bass register of contemporary pianos this variant may only be used with utmost caution. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Bass register changes , Abbreviated octaves' notation |
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b. 50
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composition: Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations |
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b. 50-51
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composition: Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major
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In FCI the structure of all the accompanying quavers in b. 50 (from the 2nd to the 6th) is similar – 3 notes each in the part of each of the hands, hence c category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Accompaniment changes , Bass register changes |
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b. 59-60
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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In the three teaching copies, the bass notes in bar 59 were doubled with lower octaves. In FES the octave progression is consistently brought to the beginning of bar 60. In our opinion this means that Chopin considered the version with the octaves at least equivalent to the version of A (→GE→FE→EE), in which single notes appear. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Annotations in FEJ , Bass register changes , Abbreviated octaves' notation |
2 is present in all R.H. chords, while the chromatic step of the bass from the 4th quaver in b. 50 to the 1st quaver in b. 51 is not doubled in the bottom octave.
