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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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b. 367-368

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In A a few necessary naturals restoring the right pitch to the previously altered notes are missing – to g2, c3, e3 in bar 367 and to c3 in bar 368. In GE1 (→FE,EE,GE2→FESB) only the second one was added, while in GE3 a third one was also added.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 367-370

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

leggieramente in AsI

legatiss. leggieriss. e dim. in b. 367-370 after A

legatiss. leggieriss. e dim. in b. 367-368 in GE (→FE,EE)
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The version of AsI represents an earlier stage of development of interpreting indications concerning this place. In GE1 (→FE,EE,GE2→FESB) the range of diminuendo was shortened, probably wanting to avoid a situation in which this indication would be divided between the pages, since bars 369-370 already fall on a new page. This version was also repeated in GE3, although in this edition all 4 bars are on the same page, as in our transcriptions. In the main text we write the Chopinesque abbreviations leggieriss. and legatiss. in full, since it is enabled by the fact that our transcriptions are written less densely.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions

b. 368

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the main text we add cautionary accidentals in the 1st triplet – naturals to c3 and c4 and flats to e3 and e2. The accidentals were also added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 369-370

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the main text we add cautionary accidentals in the first triplets in these bars:

  • flats to e2 in bars 369 and 370 and to e1 in bar 370;
  • naturals to a1 and c2 and c3 in bar 370.

All flats were added also in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 371

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

3 wedges, 2 dots in A

6 wedges in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)

3 wedges, 3 dots, our alternative suggestion
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In the main text we reproduce strictly 5 differentiated staccato marks written in A. The version of the editions most probably resulted from a double revision of GE1 – the marks having been standardised (see bars 271-272) and a wedge having been added over the 6th quaver. Leaving the last quaver without a mark can actually be considered Chopin's oversight, hence the addition of the wedge, judging from its different shape, introduced only just in the stage of proofreading GE1, can be seen as Chopin's intervention. The use of a wedge instead of a dot would be then a compromise taking into account the reality of an already printed proof copy including wedges only in this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges