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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 375

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur from 3rd semiquaver in AsI, literal reading

Slur from 2nd semiquaver in A & GE3

Slur from first semiquaver in AsI (contextual interpretation) & GE1 (→FE,EE,GE2→FESB)
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The slur starting earlier in GE1 (→FE,EE,GE2→FESB) must be a mistake by the engraver of GE1, corrected in GE3, probably on the basis of a comparison with the L.H. slur and with bar 376.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 375

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No marks in AsI

Wedge above b1 in A

Wedge above b1 in A

2 wedges in GE (→FE,EE)

2 wedges in GE (→FE,EE)
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We consider the added wedge in the L.H. part to be an apt specification of articulation, regardless of whether it was done at Chopin's request or not. In AsI staccato marks are absent both here and in the next bar, while the slur over these bars (see bar 376) proves that it was not caused solely by the working nature of the manuscript; back then, Chopin was most probably still pondering this kind of performance.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions