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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Issues : Errors in EE

b. 273

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Accent in A (→GE→FE,FESB)

No mark in EE
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We consider the missing accent in EE to be the engraver's oversight; he probably forgot about it due to the need to change the beaming (in EE the first two beats of the L.H. part are connected by one beam).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 283

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

 on b2 in AsI & FE1 (→FE2)

No ornament in A (→GE→FESB,EE1→EE2)

 on a2 in EE3
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In the main text we include the  added by Chopin in FE, hence in the last formation stage of the text of the Variations. Its presence also in the earliest of the preserved sources, AsI, suggests that Chopin hesitated; however, it is likely that the composer simply overlooked the mark in A. Probably on the basis of a comparison with FE2, the ornament was also added in EE3; however, it was placed inaccurately, as a result of which it seems to concern the 2nd semiquaver on the 2nd beat, a2, which is a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Chopin's hesitations , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 315

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Wedges to 2nd & 3rd octave in AsI

Dot & 2 wedges in A

Wedges to 1st & 3rd octave in GE1 (→GE2)

No marks in FE & EE

3 wedges in GE3
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The three bass octaves are provided with staccato marks in A. Only the first one is a dot, which seems to be Chopin's inadvertence – it is supported by both the next two L.H. wedges and the R.H. wedges in these places. In this case, we consider the unification process carried out by GE to be justified and adopt it to the main text. The omission of the second mark in GE1 (→GE2) must have resulted from lack of space; the wedge was added in GE3. The easiest explanation for the fact that the versions of FE and EE are devoid of marks would be oversights.
The absence of the first staccato mark in AsI almost certainly resulted from an inaccurate nature of this working manuscript, in which performance indications appear only in some fragments (to a varying degree of intensity).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions