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b. 57

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Enharmonic corrections

b. 57

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

22 notes in AsI, possible interpretation

24 notes in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Main-line changes

b. 58

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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We add a cautionary  before a3 in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 58

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Earlier ver­sion in AsI, contextual interpretation

Final version, spelling in sources, contextual interpretation

Final version, spelling suggested by the editors
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE , Revisions in FESB

b. 58

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No fingering in AsI & A (→GE1→FE1,EE)

Fingering in GE2 (→GE3,FESB)
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The authenticity of the fingering added in this bar seems very problematic. Both the choice of the notes provided with digits and the fingering are questionable:

  • it is unclear why the indications appear only just here and why (despite the fact that the first group of digits does not define any pattern that could be continued) the fingering was abandoned and then resumed in a place that stands out only due to the fact that the second out of the notes provided with a digit is written with an error (no );
  • b. 17 and 73-74 of the Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12 contain a L.H. figuration symmetrical to the discussed part of the roulade. The Chopinesque fingering that can be found there could be therefore used in b. 58 of the Variations: 
    As one can see, it is fundamentally different from the one provided in GE2.

Taking into account the above reservations and the incompliance of the fingering of GE2 with the Chopinesque one also in other situations (cf. b. 55-56), in the main text we do not include this fingering.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE