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b. 320

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur in A (→GE→EE,FESB)

No slur in FE
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The missing slur in FE must be a mistake, as in the case of the accent and wedges – see the previous note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors resulting from corrections

b. 320

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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The sources do not include an accidental over the mordent. In this harmonic context, the use of b is obvious, hence in the main text we add a  over the ornament. Chopin hardly ever put accidentals over trills or mordents in such situations, generally leaving the task of finding the right sound of the auxiliary note to the performer's imagination.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Inaccuracies in A

b. 321-325

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Staccato dots in A

Wedges in GE (→FE,EE)
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The semiquavers ending the mostly six-note motifs encompassed with slurs in bars 321-322 and 324-325 (and in bars 327-328 as well) were provided with staccato dots by Chopin. The wedges with which they were replaced in the editions resulted from the unifying revision of the engraver of GE1. In the remaining editions, the wedges were repeated after GE1, whereby in EE and FESB some marks were overlooked – in EE the first one in bar 325, while in FESB all in bar 321 and 325 (and in bar 327 too) and the third one in bar 322. We do not consider these inaccurate versions to be independent variants.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges

b. 321-322

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In A there are no accidentals to the last semiquaver on each beat of the bar – Chopin considered the accidentals written to the earlier notes placed an octave lower to be valid (AsI is slightly more accurate, since it includes a  to c2 in bar 321). In GE1 (→FE,EE) these accidentals were added only just starting from g2, the last semiquaver in bar 321. In GE2 (→FESB) a  to e2 was also added, while in GE3 also a  to c2.
In the main text we give all the omitted accidentals and omit the unnecessarily repeated  to f2 at the beginning of the last R.H. triplet.
There is a similar situation in bars 324-325 and 327-328.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 321-322

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the main text we add cautionary naturals to the L.H. bottom voice quavers, c, g and d1. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions