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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Issues : FE revisions

b. 329-330

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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As in many similar situations, in A the majority of the necessary accidentals are missing – Chopin wrote accidentals only to the 2nd quaver in bar 329 (e2-e3-g3-e4) and the next semiquaver (b3), the penultimate semiquaver in bar 329 (b1), the bottom note of the 2nd triplet in bar 330 (g) and the bottom note of the 6th triplet in bar 330 (d1). Assuming that the accidentals of the first two-quaver figure of the passage are also valid in the second one, all necessary accidentals were already added in GE1 (FE,EE,GE2→FESB,GE3). In FE a  to e2 on the 4th L.H. quaver in bar 329 was also added. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions

b. 336

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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We add a cautionary  before c1 in the main text. The accidental was also added in FESB.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: FE revisions

b. 337

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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We give the L.H. 2nd and 3rd beats in the version of FE, which can be considered an enhanced version of A (in A there is no augmentation dot to the f1 crotchet). In GE (→EE,FESB) all bottom voice quavers are written in the form of three-note chords, since their stems reach f1, which does not correspond to the notation of A and is probably an oversight by the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions