Issues : Authentic corrections of GE
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b. 57
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The fingering added by GE2 (→GE3,FESB), although very natural in this bar, probably does not come from Chopin. It is indicated by the fingering entered into b. 55-56 and 58, probably by the same person yet less artful; more importantly, it is contrary to the Chopinesque fingering present in similar places in his other works. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 58
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The authenticity of the fingering added in this bar seems very problematic. Both the choice of the notes provided with digits and the fingering are questionable:
Taking into account the above reservations and the incompliance of the fingering of GE2 with the Chopinesque one also in other situations (cf. b. 55-56), in the main text we do not include this fingering. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 63
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The long accent added by GE1 could be considered a revision or even Chopin's intervention were it not for the category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 63
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In A the last demisemiquaver is an F category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 79
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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It is difficult to assume that the removal of the repeat sign for b. 79-95 was not consulted with Chopin. However, the issue is generally obscure, since A is the only source in which the repeat sign was marked – it is absent both in AsI and in the orchestral material GEorch (→FEorch). Therefore, if the repeat signs are not a mistake, at some point Chopin considered expanding the Theme by 16 bars to eventually, after having sent A to the publisher, return to the initial concept. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Chopin's hesitations , Authentic corrections of GE , Changed phrase length |
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marking situated in the same place. The chord provided with this dynamic indication ends a long diminuendo (running from the beginning of this extended bar); therefore, emphasising it would be contrary to Chopin's clear idea, which was to attenuate the music. We assume a possible "symmetrical reflection" mistake – the accent that was supposed to be placed under the stem of the e
1 crotchet after the minim chord was printed over the stem of the F-c fifth preceding that chord. Taking into account the above, we do not give this accent in the main text.
