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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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b. 45

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In A and all editions, the e1 note on the 3rd crotchet in the bar is wrongly a double dotted crotchet. In AsI the note has the correct rhythmic value.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Rhythmic errors , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 45-46

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Different accents in A, literal reading

Long accents in A, possible interpretation

Short accents in GE1 (→FE,GE2→FESB)

Short accent in b. 46 in GE3

Vertical accent in b. 46 in EE
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It is uncertain whether Chopin meant the accents over the B1-B and B-b octaves to be long or short, since despite a strictly analogous situation, in A the marks differ in length. In the main text we suggest long accents, since the accent of A in b. 46 can be considered long – it is also the accent over e2 in the R.H. that is shorter than its counterpart in b. 45. The version of A, when interpreted literally, and the short accents of GE1 (→FE,GE2→FESB) can be, however, regarded as equivalent variants. In the latter version, the difference between the L.H. accents (short) and the R.H. accents (long) constitutes a detail corresponding to the difference between the length of the accentuated L.H. () and R.H. () notes as well as to the difference between the liveliness and nature of the L.H. motifs and the R.H. top voice.
The omission of the first accent in EE and GE3 could be ascribed to the engravers' inattention or their reluctance to obscure the image with a mark on the stave, between the notes. The change of the accent font in EE is a specific manner of that edition.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 45-46

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur to D in A (literal reading→GE→FE,EE)

Slur to G1-G in A, contextual interpretation
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While the L.H. slur does not go beyond the bar line in A, its shape and range clearly indicate that it is supposed to reach the G1-G octave in b. 46. However, all the editions reproduced it literally, hence reaching the last quaver, D. Our interpretation of the slur is confirmed by an analogous slur starting in the next bar, undoubtedly reaching the octave at the beginning of b. 47.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 45-46

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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A includes sharps only next to the top notes of the octaves on the penultimate quaver in the bar. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE (→FE,EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 45

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

in A

No sign in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)
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The mark was omitted, probably due to lack of space between the great staves on a inaptly laid-out page in GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE