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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 14

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Long accent in A

in GE (→FE,EE)

No sign in FESB
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The traces of erasure visible in A reveal that Chopin initially inserted the  mark under the bottom stave, more or less there where it is to be found in the editions. It can also be seen that the initial mark was longer, since it reached the first L.H. quaver. The corrected version of the mark was shortened and moved over the first chord. In this form, the mark is to be interpreted as a long accent, which we give in the main text. The engraver of GE (→FE1,EE) moved the mark, which he most certainly considered a diminuendo, under the stave, probably to avoid a contradiction with poco cresc. or simply due to lack of space over the stave (a hairpin on the stave is poorly visible; such a solution is applied only in exceptional cases).
The fact that the mark is absent in FESB is most probably due to an oversight, one of a few in this bar.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Long accents , Corrections in A , GE revisions

b. 15

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

in A

 cresc. in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)
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The shorter  hairpin in the editions must have been an arbitrary decision of the engraver; upon seeing a cresc. within a mark, he considered that doubling synonymous indications would be a problematic yet unnecessary complication to the notation.

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issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 20

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Wedge in A (→GE1→FE,EE,GE2→FESB)

Staccato dot in GE3
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Changing the authentic wedge to a dot is an arbitrariness (or a mistake) of the engraver of GE3.

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issues: GE revisions

b. 21

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Accents in A (→GE→FE,FESB)

Vertical accents in EE
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The change of the accents over g to vertical ones was a typical arbitrary revision of EE – see e.g. both notes on accents in bar 25.  

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issues: EE revisions

b. 23

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

in A

in GE (→FE,EE)

in FESB
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issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Revisions in FESB