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b. 363

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Accent in A

No mark in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)
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The missing accent in GE (→FE,EE,FESB) must be a mistake by the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 363-364

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

2  in AsI

   in A

   in GE1 (→EE,GE2→FESB)

  in FE

   in GE3
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AsI includes different dynamic indications here, describing an earlier concept, changed in the stage of writing A. We move the mark in bar 364 between the staves, since it certainly concerns both parts and was written over the top stave due to lack of space between the staves. In GE1 the hairpin was slightly widened or moved, generally adjusting it to individual beats. This notation was repeated in the remaining editions, in the case of FE with a mistake, while in the case of GE3 with a further shift. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions

b. 364

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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The flat to the 7th semiquaver (d3) is written in A much below the pitch of the note, that is at the pitch of a2. Such inaccuracies, generally without an influence on the text reading, are frequent in Chopin's autographs.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Accidental below/above the note

b. 364-365

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur to G1-G in A, contextual interpretation

Slur to B1-B in GE (→FE,EE)
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The range of the slur is not entirely clear in A, yet the slur goes beyond the bar line and points to the G1-G octave as the end point. In spite of that, in GE (→FE,EE) it encompasses only the last 3 quavers in bar 364. The engraver could have been influenced by the two previous slurs, which clearly encompassed the last quaver within their range. The interpretation suggested by us is supported by a slur correction in a similar motif a bar earlier and by the shape of the initial, three-quaver slur in that motif, radically different from the discussed one.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 365-366

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Wedge & 11 staccato dots in A

12 wedges in GE (→EE)

13 wedges in FE

3 wedges in FESB
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The change of dots to wedges is a revision of GE (→FE,EE,FESB), while the additional wedge in FE – a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges