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b. 337

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No indication in AsI & FE

Instrumantation tip after A (→GE→EE,FESB)
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In the main text we provide the indication concerning instrumentation written as a full word, as it is in A. In GE (→EE,FESB) the Fl. abbreviation was used, which we do not regard as an independent variant. The absence of the indication in FE could be attributed to the changes entered into the basis for this edition – see the adjacent note. The possibility that Chopin could have omitted this piece of information on purpose is less likely – although in the version of FE the bottom voice of the R.H. octaves does not correspond to any instrumental part, the top voice remains an equivalent of the flutes. One can even assume that this indication is all the more justified, since in this version it was the flute voice that was reinforced at the expense of the other instruments that were not included in the piano reduction.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 337

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

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In the main text we add cautionary  to c1 and f.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 337

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

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In A there is no  raising f1 to f1 and  raising a to a. Both accidentals were added in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Last key signature sign , Inaccuracies in A

b. 337-338

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

Slur to A in A, literal reading

Slur to F in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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When interpreted literally, the range of the A slur is musically unjustified (regardless of whether we consider it to be reaching B or A). In the main text we include the interpretation adopted to GE (→FE,EE,IE), most natural in this context.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions

b. 337-340

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

No fingering in A (→GE→FE,IE)

Fingering in EE
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In the main text, we do not include the inauthentic L.H. fingering added by EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions