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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Issues : Changed phrase length

b. 150-155

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Repeat in AsI, contextual interpretation

No repeat in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)
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In AsI b. 152-167 are then repeated, in spite of the absence of repeat signs. It is a result of two versions of b. 166-167, marked as 1. volta and 2. volta. Repetition (carefully marked) was originally also written in A, in which, however, Chopin removed the repeat sign at the beginning of b. 152 (by erasing double dots, as a result of which a double bar line was left) and crossed out 1. volta of b. 166-167. Cf. the analogous shortening of variation I.
In the content transcription, to keep the parallel course of the version of AsI and the remaining ones, we modify the Chopinesque notation, adjusted to the structure of phrases yet uneconomical – instead of starting the repetition from the beginning of the new phrase in b. 152 (which requires re-writing b. 150-151 as 1. volta of b. 166-167), we insert an opening repeat sign before b. 150 and a closing one after b. 165.

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

issues: Changed phrase length

b. 165-167

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Repeat in AsI, contextual interpretation

No repeat in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)
..

In AsI there are two versions of b. 166-167, marked as 1. and 2. volta, which, in spite of the absence of repeat signs (including the opening one), implies that b. 152-167 are to be repeated. In A these bars are also repeated (the repetition is provided with appropriate repeat signs and with both versions of b. 166-167); however, Chopin removed the repetition in A by crossing out 1. volta and by erasing the 2. volta bracket (incidentally, the crossed-out 1st version is erroneously marked as 2. volta). We reproduce the notation of AsI only in the graphic transcription, whereas in the content transcription, taking advantage of the fact that b. 150-151 and 1. volta of b. 166-167 are identical, we put repeat signs before b. 150 and after b. 165, which allows us to keep the parallel course of the version of AsI and the remaining ones.

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

issues: Corrections in A , Errors of A , Deletions in A , Changed phrase length