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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 108

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No mark in sources

Wedge suggested by the editors
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b. 110-122

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In AsI the first variation is written as a draft, without almost any indications or performance markings except the wedge in b. 114 and two L.H. slurs in b. 114-115. We do not comment on the lack of particular markings further on.

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b. 112

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

in A

cresc. in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)
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In A the arms of the  mark are of different length; in this case, we regard the top, longer arm as reliable.
The omission of the hairpin in the editions most probably resulted from an ad hoc revision of the engraver of GE1, who considered the two overlapping synonymous indications an unnecessary complication.

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issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions

b. 114-115

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slurs in AsI

Staccato dots in A

Wedges in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)
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The slurs in AsI – the only performance markings in this variation together with the wedge over c2 in b. 114 – could have a rhythmic (triplet slurs) or a motivic meaning. Anyways, Chopin abandoned them in the published version; instead, he wrote here staccato dots, which in GE1 and in the remaining editions were routinely replaced with wedges. 

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issues: GE revisions , Wedges

b. 123-135

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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No performance markings in Var. I in AsI – see the note at the beginning thereof (b. 104-109).

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