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Issues : Accompaniment changes

b. 8

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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A bears the traces of correcting the fifth and the sixth semiquaver of the left hand from e flat1-g flat to d flat1-e flat.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 8

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

a in AI

d1 in A (→CDP,GE), FE & EE
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In A and the remaining sources, the a note, present in AI as the highest note of the 1st figure in the L.H., was replaced by d1. Only in FE the note is not provided with a cautionary flat.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Accompaniment changes

b. 8

composition: Op. 25 No 2, Etude in F minor

a1 in AT

f1 in AW, CDP, GC (→GE), FE & EE
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The broader position of the L.H. written in AT was changed later by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 8

composition: Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

a in chord in FC (→GE) & EE

f in FE
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The version of FE (a chord with f) is a result of Chopin proofreading from the version of the remaining sources (a chord with a). The traces of performing changes in print are present in FE both in this bar and in analogous bar 105. In a similar place in bar 36, all sources feature a chord with f. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 8

composition: Op. 28 No. 15, Prelude in D♭ major

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The crossing-out visible in A reveals that the 1st quaver in the 2nd half of the bar was initially d. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

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