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b. 194

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Chords in AsI, contextual interpretation

Single notes in remaining sources
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In AsI the lower R.H. voices are struck in the same rhythm as the top one. The notation is inaccurate – Chopin did not restore the b1 in the chord on the 4th quaver of the bar. In the final edition of the 3rd variation, this version was not used even once.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 194

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

> in A

&  in GE (→FE,EE)

in FESB
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 194-195

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur in GE (→FE,EE), contextual interpretation

Slur after GE (→FE,EE), contextual interpretation
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The slur between these bars was added in GE1, possibly by Chopin. However, the notation is inaccurate, as only the ending of the slur in bar 195, on a new line, is printed. According to the editors, a mistaken placement of this slur cannot be ruled out, especially since there is no slur in this place in a similar phrase in bars 178-179. On the other hand, the vast majority (8 out of 11) of figures in which a demisemiquaver after a rest precedes a note of a different pitch are covered by a two-note slur. In addition, 2 out of 3 situations in which there is no slur are problematic – the slur in bars 180-181 has almost certainly been missed (in the analogous bars 192-193 the appropriate slur is present), and in bar 194 the demisemiquaver b1 leads in the melody to c2, but b1 is repeated in the lower voice. Taking into account this statistic and the possibility of Chopin's correction, we include the slur in question in the main text.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of GE , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 195-196

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

 
 
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In FE (→IE) and GE there is no slur over 195-196 bar line in RH.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 195-196

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

D1 not tied in EE

D1 not tied in GC (→GE)

D1 tied in FE

D1 tied, contemporary notation
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In EE, D flat1 in bar 195 is not held until bar 196, as there is no tie and the lower note of the L.H. octave in bar 196 is also absent. The notation of GC (→GE), when read literally, results in the same version. In our opinion, by writing 8 in bar 195 under D flat tied until the next bar Chopin almost certainly had in mind the pianistically natural holding of the entire octave. This undermines the reliability of the version of EE, which most probably results from a misinterpretation of the notation of GC. In FE, the holding of the entire octave is notated in the clear, doubtless manner. Similar ambiguities occur in analogous bars 239-240, while in bars 489-490 the notation of all the sources clearly indicates that the entire octave should be held. 

category imprint: Differences between sources