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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Main text
Main text
AsI - Working autograph of score
A - Autograph fair copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE1
GE3 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FESB - Later French edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 128-131

No octaves after AsI

Octaves in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)

In A the L.H. octaves are written in an abridged manner with the use of the con 8va indication. The editions explained the abbreviation. The absence of the indication in AsI may be an earlier version or a simplified notation of the obvious.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions, Bass register changes, Abbreviated octaves' notation

notation: Shorthand & other

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