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b. 335

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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As in the entire Variations, while writing A Chopin treated accidentals almost like key signature accidentals – he considered them to be valid in all octaves on a given stave and in a given clef. Therefore, in the R.H. part the last entered accidental is a  to d1, while in the L.H. part it is the sharps to D, f and all starting from d2 that are missing. All necessary accidentals – assuming that they are also valid for notes at the same pitch under the octave sign – were added already in GE (→FE,EE, in the latter the notes under the octave sign were also provided with accidentals).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 335-336

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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The slurs of AsI are written offhandedly; they signal an intent rather than represent actual marks. This intent were most probably slurs encompassing the entire passage, including the 1st quaver in bar 336.
In A both slurs – both in the R.H. and the L.H. – indicate that the slurs from bar 335 (at the end of a line) should be continued, which is, however, not confirmed by bar 336, which does not contain their endings. In this case, there are no doubts that the slurs are supposed to reach the end of the passage, and this is how it was interpreted in GE (→FE,EE). In FESB the L.H. slur erroneously reaches only the end of bar 335.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation , Inaccuracies in FESB

b. 335

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

in A

cresc. in GE (→FE,EE)
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In GE (→FE,EE) the  hairpin was overlooked – see bar 112.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 336

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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We add a cautionary  before c1 in the main text. The accidental was also added in FESB.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: FE revisions

b. 337-338

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

AsI

A

GE (→EE,FESB)

FE
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In FE the R.H. version, which is significantly altered with respect to the remaining sources, must have been introduced by Chopin (the absence of visible traces of changes performed in print suggests that Chopin entered it already into the basis, that is a copy of GE1). As it is the last authentic version, we give it in the main text. We only add a  hairpin in bar 338 – the mark is present in A, yet it was overlooked in GE, hence its absence in FE was not probably intended (in bar 337 Chopin included an analogous mark while proofreading FE1).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE