Issues : Bass register changes
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b. 8
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The AsI version is the original redaction of the bass part in this bar. In the main text we include the bottom notes of the octaves added – almost certainly by Chopin – in the stage of proofreading FE1. The addition was also introduced into EE3, most probably pursuant to FE2. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Bass register changes , Abbreviated octaves' notation |
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b. 33-34
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The bottom notes of the L.H. octaves were not written out in the sources; they were marked with the use of the con 8va indication. In AsI the octave doubling of the bass line is not indicated at all, which may be only a shorthand notation, because also in the solo part at the beginning of bar 35 there is only A category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information issues: Bass register changes , Abbreviated octaves' notation |
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b. 35
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Bass register changes |
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b. 37-38
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The AsI version corresponds closely to the orchestra part. In the version prepared for printing, Chopin moved these bars an octave lower, presumably to preserve the ascending sequence of these orchestral interludes. While proofreading FE1 this fragment was modified once again by removing the octave doublings of two bass notes, D category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations |
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b. 45-46
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Bass register changes |
, and it seems unlikely that Chopin started the octave progression with a single note.
