Issues : Errors in GE
b. 244
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In GE3 the raising f2 to f2 in the first chord was overlooked. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE |
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b. 251
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The absence of a slur in the editions is almost certainly a consequence of the omission by the engraver of GE1. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE |
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b. 255
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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Both in the last L.H. chord and in the R.H. arpeggio on the 4th beat of the bar, neither AsI nor Af nor A (→GE1→FE,EE) contain accidentals before g/g notes in various octaves. Actually, harmonically speaking, g would be possible; however, in this context, it is much more likely that we are dealing with overlooked naturals:
The decisive argument for g is provided by the orchestral part – there is a g note in the 2nd violins, and the violins could not play g here. The first edition to add naturals was GE2 (→FESB), 4 accidentals in total raising g1 to g1 in the L.H. and g2, g1 and g to g2, g1 and g in the R.H. The overlooked to the 2nd demisemiquaver (g3) was added by GE3, in which, however, the accidental to the penultimate demisemiquaver, g, was overlooked. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Errors of A , Last key signature sign |
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b. 262
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The versions of Af and A, identical in terms of the way they sound, differ only in additions – an indication specifying the instrumental group in Af and a in A. As was the case with the previous such insert between bars 261-262, this replica was left out by GE (→FESB,EE1→EE2). In this case, however, it is difficult to indicate the probable cause of why this edition diverts from the basis. The fact that this insert was restored to FE in the initial version proves that Chopin hesitated whether to recall a chord being the basis of the first three beats of the bar at the expense of blurring the shape of the solo part. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Chopin's hesitations , Errors in GE , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 266
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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There is no reason why d1 on the 2nd beat of the bar should not be accented, as was the case with the analogous crotchets in the previous and next figures. Therefore, it is most probably Chopin's oversight in A. Admittedly, the accent is also absent in Af, but this is not an argument for intentional omission of the mark, since in this manuscript Chopin put accents only in the first three figures, in bars 263-264 (moreover, these three marks must be regarded as a pattern to be followed further on, which, paradoxically, is rather an argument for an accent). Due to the above, in the main text we add this accent. In the editions, the absence of an accent also on the 4th beat of the bar is almost certainly an oversight. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: Errors in GE |