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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 360

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No signs in sources

[ ] suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest   marks after analogous bar 346. Chopin wrote similar pairs of marks also in bars 342 and 356. According to us, these pairs of hairpins, as emphasising the brilliant nature of the bravura passages, are to be considered an integral part of notation. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 361

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

in A

No  in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)
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The omission of the  hairpin coupled with the cresc. indication was an arbitrary decision of the engraver of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 361

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Short accents in A (→GE→FE)

Vertical accents in EE
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As before (bars 343 and 347 and bar 357), in EE the horizontal accents were arbitrarily changed to vertical ones.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 362

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

4 staccato dots in A

5 wedges in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)

5 dots suggested by the editors
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The dots having been replaced with wedges was an arbitrary decision of the engraver of GE1 – see bars 271-272. The absence of a dot in A over the penultimate quaver probably resulted from ink stoppage.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges

b. 363

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

3 staccato dots in A

2 wedges in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)
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Replacing the staccato dots with wedges is a revision, while the omission of the mark over d-d1 – a mistake by the engraver of GE1 (in A the dot merges with the  mark).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Wedges