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b. 363-364

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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The slurs were being corrected in A, which is evidenced by the traces of erasures in the R.H. part and by the shape of the first L.H. slur. In the R.H. in bar 363 the first slur encompassed 2 triplets, while the second one started from g2. In the L.H. the slur in bar 363 reached only the last octave in this bar.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A

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. 375

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur from 3rd semiquaver in AsI, literal reading

Slur from 2nd semiquaver in A & GE3

Slur from first semiquaver in AsI (contextual interpretation) & GE1 (→FE,EE,GE2→FESB)
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The slur starting earlier in GE1 (→FE,EE,GE2→FESB) must be a mistake by the engraver of GE1, corrected in GE3, probably on the basis of a comparison with the L.H. slur and with bar 376.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 376-377

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

L.H. slur in A

No slur in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)
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The missing L.H. slur probably resulted from lack of space in GE1. It does not really matter, since Chopin himself would often write only one slur over parts of both hands written down together on one stave, considering it to be valid for both hands – cf., e.g. the Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, bars 1-5.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 376-377

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur to beginning of bar 377 in AsI & A

Slur to beginning of bar 377 in AsI & A

Slur to last note of b. 376 in GE (→FE,EE)

Slur to last note of b. 376 in GE (→FE,EE)
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In GE (→EE) the slur starting in bar 376, which ends a line, clearly suggests that it should be continued; however, there is no ending thereof in bar 377. In FE and FESB the slur was led only to the last semiquaver in bar 376, interpreting the notation of GE as an inaccurate ending of the slur. We interpret it similarly in the content transcription of GE and EE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Uncertain slur continuation