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Parallel octaves happen when two voices move in similiar motion to an octive, by an octive, not when one voice remains stationary, as happens with the base note at 53:3-4. There is however, a parallel octive between Alto and Bass at the first beat of 54.
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Hmm.. I'm pretty sure we're talking about the same thing - perhaps I wasn't clear - The last beat of measure 53 going into the first beat of 54 (or as you say, "at the first beat of 54"), right? The Alto Plays an
E at the last beat of 53 going to a
D at the first beat of 54 - while the Bass has articulated an
E at beat two of measure 53, which moves to a
D at the first beat of measure 54.