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b. 314

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No fingering in AsI & FESB

5 w A (literal reading→GE1GE2,FE,EE)

3 in A (possible interpretation) & GE3

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The fingering digit written in A could be interpreted twofold: as a '5', which is more graphically likely, or as a '3', which seems more natural, pianistically speaking. The source of the problem was the will to fit in the digit (apparently added later) under the word loco, ending the octave sign, which forced Chopin to write this digit almost horizontally; consequently, the resulting unnatural shape hampers the identification. The majority of the sources include a '5', whereas in the main text, we suggest a '3', due to practical reasons; it was also GE3 that considered this digit to be right. Such a solution is also supported by AsI, in which one can see deleted digits over the first two notes in the bar, most probably 5-4. In FESB both this digit and the adjacent ones were most probably overlooked (see the previous note).

The digit '3' added in pencil in our copy of GE2 is of no source value.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 314

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Fingering in AsI

No fingering in remaining sources

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In the main text we include – on a similar basis as the teaching fingering – the fingering entered into AsI. Cf. bars 298-301.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 314

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Fingering in AsI

Fingering in A (→GEFE,EE)

Our variant suggestion

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As in the R.H. part, in the main text we include – in brackets – the fingering of AsI, which is an extended version of the one that Chopin wrote in A (→GEFE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 314

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the main text, we add a cautionary  before d1 in the L.H. chord.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 314-315

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur to b. 315 in A

Slur to a1 in GE (→FE,EE)

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In the main text we keep the precise slurring of A. The slurs having been separated on the bar line was an arbitrary decision of GE (→FE,EE).

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issues: GE revisions