Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
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b. 319
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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Chopin marked with wedges 5 thirds, since the last two are connected by a slur. Therefore, the sixth wedge in GE (→EE,FESB) must be a mistake. In FE all these marks were omitted, which was most probably a side effect of the intervention in the size of notes – see the next note. As far as the notation of AsI is concerned, it is inaccurate, while the compliance in terms of the number of wedges with the version of A is most probably accidental – Chopin scribbled a few dashes (marking wedges) with the intention of marking all 6 semiquavers in this way and did not bother to check their number in the working manuscript (in the R.H. he put as many as 7 dashes!). category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE , Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE |
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b. 320
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The left-out accent and wedges must be a mistake by FE and FESB. In the case of FE1 (→FE2), according to us, the possible reason could be – as in the previous bar – the introduction of the ossia più facile version, marked by the use of a smaller font (see the note in bar 319). category imprint: Differences between sources |
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b. 321-325
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The semiquavers ending the mostly six-note motifs encompassed with slurs in bars 321-322 and 324-325 (and in bars 327-328 as well) were provided with staccato dots by Chopin. The wedges with which they were replaced in the editions resulted from the unifying revision of the engraver of GE1. In the remaining editions, the wedges were repeated after GE1, whereby in EE and FESB some marks were overlooked – in EE the first one in bar 325, while in FESB all in bar 321 and 325 (and in bar 327 too) and the third one in bar 322. We do not consider these inaccurate versions to be independent variants. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Wedges |
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b. 323-326
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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We give the staccato marks in bar 323 (along with the 1st quaver in bar 324) and in bar 326 in the main text after A, although in this case they are not completely consistent:
The versions of the editions, with wedges only, must be arbitrary; what is more, they are incomplete – in GE1 (→GE2→FESB) the marks were reproduced only at the beginning of bar 323 and in bar 326 (in FE and GE3 some of them were also overlooked). In EE the marks on the 2nd and 3rd beats of bar 326 were overlooked, while wedges were added at the beginning of bar 324 and in the L.H. in bar 326. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Wedges |
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b. 323
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The position of the
In GE (→FE,EE) the combination of a One category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: Inaccuracies in GE |
thirds (in various octaves) in bars 323-324 are provided with dots, whereas Chopin marked the d-f thirds in bars 326-327 (and the a-c ones in bars 329-330) with wedges.
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