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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 191

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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We add cautionary flats before e1 and e2. The accidentals were also added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 192

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No sign in AsI

in A

in GE (→FE,EE)
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In accordance with the widespread engraving manner, in GE and other editions the hairpin was extended to cover the entire bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions

b. 195

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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We add a cautionary  before e2 in the main text. The accidental was also added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 198

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Tied quaver e1 in AsI, contextual interpretation

Crotchet e1 in A & GE2 (→GE3,FESB)

Quaver e1 in GE1 (→EE)

Quaver & demisemiquaver e1 in FE

Completed FE version suggested by the editors
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As with b. 182, in the main text we give the version with e1 repeated at the end of the bar, introduced in the stage of proofreading FE. At the same time, we do not accept the fact that the e1 crotchet played in the middle of the bar should be shortened (to a quaver) – it is probably a mistake or revision by GE1 (→FE,EE), which was corrected by GE2 (→GE3,FESB). However, we add a dot extending the a1 semiquaver, since we are convinced that its absence in FE resulted from inaccurate or simplified proofreading.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 198

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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As in b. 182, in GE (→FE,EE,FESB) 2 poorly justified cautionary accidentals were added – a  to f, the 12th demisemiquaver, and a  to F, the 14th demisemiquaver. The former is also in AsI, yet Chopin omitted it in A (and in Af as well). In the main text we do not include any of the accidentals. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals