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Issues : Revisions in FESB

b. 14

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

2 slurs in A

Shorter slur in GE (→FE,EE)

Longer slur in AsI & FESB
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It is difficult to evaluate the authenticity of the version of GE (→FE,EE), featuring only one R.H. slur in this bar. The longer slur of A, not included in the editions, does not seem to be a part of an irregular group marking, since it goes beyond it, to the c3-c4 octave. Therefore, it should be assumed that it concerns phrasing/articulation; when omitted, it impacts the articulation of the last five demisemiquavers, particularly if we take into account the change of dots to wedges, also performed in GE. On the other hand, upon seeing GE, Chopin could have considered one slur to be enough and the markings as a whole to be acceptable. In this situation, we regard both sets of markings (dots under a slur or wedges) as more or less equal, keeping in the main text the version of the principal source, i.e. A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE , Revisions in FESB

b. 23

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

in A

in GE (→FE,EE)

in FESB
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Revisions in FESB

b. 91-94

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the main text we add cautionary flats to e2 in b. 91 and to e1 in b. 94. The latter was also added in FESB.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Revisions in FESB

b. 180

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

in A (→GE1→GE2)

 in FE & EE

 in FESB

in GE3
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According to the editors, the  sign in A (→GE1→GE2) is entered imprecisely because it includes a rest during which a crescendo cannot be started. In the main text, we give it a scope analogous to the next such sign. A similar interpretation is used in FE and EE, as well as in FESB, in which, however, the sign is reversed (diminuendo instead of crescendo). It's hard to say whether this was an intentional change or a mistake. On the contrary, in GE3 the sign was slightly extended, which was probably a revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Sign reversal , FE revisions , Revisions in FESB ,

b. 189

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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The flat restoring B is present only in AsI and FESB.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE , Revisions in FESB