mUltimate Chopin

Op. 2, Variations, complete

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
AsI
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. 205-206

f-b in AsI & A (→GE→EE,FESB)

f1-b1, a1 in FE

We provide the version that Chopin enhanced while proofreading FE. Moving the horn motif an octave higher could have been aimed at avoiding a false relation: f in bar 205 with f1 at the beginning of bar 206. Moreover, the composer could have also wanted to avoid the clash – quite monotonous on the piano – with an identical motif ending the bassoon phrase.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes, Authentic corrections of FE, Main-line changes

notation: Pitch

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Original in: Pierpont Morgan Library, Nowy Jork