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Issues : Bass register changes

b. 65

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

d in As & AI

D in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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We assume that out of two notes written in As at the beginning of bar 65, d is intended for this bar, whereas D – for bar 81, which, like the entire second half of this section, is not explicitly written in the draft. AI features d in both bars, whereas the version intended for print – D in both bars.
The discussed d looks actually like a c in As; such inaccuracies were very frequent in Chopin's drafts. Due to this reason, in order not to divert attention from genuine textual differences, we do not reproduce this notation even in the version transcription, since the correct pitch of the note is undisputed. Analogously in similar situations.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccurate note pitch in A , Bass register changes

b. 70

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

F-B in AI

F1-F in FE (→GE,EE)
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Bass register changes

b. 75

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

C1-C octave in AI

C in FE (→GE,EE)
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Bass register changes

b. 78-80

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

Octaves in AI

Single notes in FE (→GE,EE)
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In AI Chopin continues leading the bass line in octaves. In the published version the section encompassing bars 77-82 includes bass octaves only in bars 77 and 81, as was the case with bars 9-14.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Bass register changes

b. 81

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

 
 
 
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In FED Chopin wrote the variant way of performing the arpeggio on the chord in the L.H. – with the added lower octave. We present a proposal of interpretation after the notation used by Chopin in the Etude in G major Op. 10 No. 5, bar 65.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in FED , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Bass register changes , Abbreviated octaves' notation