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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 340

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

b1-d2 in A & FESB

b1-d2 in AsI & GE (→FE,EE)
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The version of A featuring b1 must be Chopin's mistake, which in this case could be explained by score-like thinking – in the voice of the 2nd clarinet implementing the bottom line of the semiquavers, a  restoring b is unnecessary. The accidental, present in AsI, was then added already in the stage of proofreading GE (→FE,EE), perhaps by Chopin. It is the engraver of FESB that is to blame for the absence of this accidental in this edition.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE ,

b. 340

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

in A

cresc. in GE (→FE,EE)
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The omission of the  hairpin in GE (→FE,EE) must have been a decision of the engraver of GE1, who considered the Chopinesque combination of a  and cresc. an unnecessary complication. The same in bar 342.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 342

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

in A

cresc. in GE (→FE,EE)
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 342

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

4 staccato dots in AsI

7 staccato dots in A

Wedges in GE (→FE,EE)
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Wedges instead of staccato dots almost certainly resulted from an ad hoc revision of the engraver of GE1, who unified these marks in the entire finale of the Variations.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges

b. 345-346

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Staccato dots in A

Wedges in GE (→FE,EE)
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In both bars wedges instead of dots must have resulted from an ad hoc revision by the engraver of GE1, who unified these marks in the entire finale of the Variations.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges