Chopin doubled the bass in the bottom octave in the proofreading of FE2 (→EE).
In the majority of the later collective editions, the 1st octave in bar 103 was arbitrarily changed from F
1−F to G1−G. In order to consider this change to be accurate, Chopin would have had to:
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commit a mistake in A, by writing a wrong note very clearly – the note head is placed at a significant distance from the stave, hence there is no doubt it is an F;
- leave this mistake unnoticed, by adding a doubling of this note in octave in the proofreading of FE2.
This kind of coincidence seems to be totally unlikely, therefore the described change is only a proof of difficulties in accepting some of Chopin's unconventional harmonic turns.
category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information
issues: Authentic corrections of FE, Bass register changes
notation: Pitch
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