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b. 345-347

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur in b. 345-346 in AsI

No slurs in b. 345-346 in A (→GE→FE,EE)

3 slurs suggested by the editors

Continuous slur, our alternative suggestion

Slur divided after b. 345, our different suggestion

Slur divided after b. 346, our another suggestion
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As in bar 342, the missing R.H. slurs in bars 345-346 are most probably Chopin's oversight, hence it would be appropriate to add slurs. We suggest three versions analogous to the complete versions of bars 341-343 and a fourth one modelled on the continuous slur in bars 359-361, yet maintaining separate the slur entered by Chopin into A at the beginning of bar 347. To the main text we choose the version analogous to the one proofread by Chopin in bars 341-343.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors of A

b. 347-348

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Wedges in b. 348 in AsI

Staccato dots in A

Wedges in GE (→FE,EE)
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Wedges instead of dots over the octaves and the sequence of L.H. quavers played over the R.H. must have resulted from a revision by the engraver of GE1, who unified these marks in the entire finale of the Variations.
In AsI the marks are only in bar 348. It is uncertain which marks Chopin meant here – we assume that they are wedges.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges

b. 347

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Short accents in A (→GE→FE,FESB)

Vertical accents in EE
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As in bar 343, the type of accents was arbitrarily changed by the engraver of EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 354

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No slur in sources

Slur suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest adding top voice slurs. In general, the notation of slurs in this orchestral insert is inaccurate in A and most probably was not reproduced correctly in the editions – see further notes in this bar.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 354

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Tie to b1 in AsI, A (→possible reading of GE1→EE) & GE3

Slur over 4 quavers in GE1 (→FE,GE2→FESB)
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The curved line written in A between the voices is at the pitch of b1 and almost certainly indicates that the dotted crotchet at this pitch should be sustained, as clearly marked by Chopin in AsI (both in the piano part and in the clarinet II part). In GE1 (→GE2) the endings of the tie are placed lower and not horizontally, which makes the tie seem to concern 4 quavers in the bottom voice. This is how it was reproduced in FE and FESB (as a slur), whereas in EE and GE3 it is undoubtedly a tie to b1.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A