Issues : EE revisions
b. 30-32
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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As before, FE, and particularly EE, distorted the notation of the accompaniment by placing some (FE) or all (EE) dotted crotchets directly next to the minims, which suggests that they should be performed simultaneously. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE |
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b. 39-40
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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As in b. 35-36, in A Chopin overlooked some necessary accidentals, mainly in b. 40 – a to d2 and a to e2 in the R.H. and a to e1 and a to d2 in the L.H. (the use of accidentals in b. 39 is not fully codified due to the octave sign, as a result of which the to e3 and the to d2 could be considered superfluous). All necessary accidentals – subject to the situation described in the brackets above – were already added in GE1 (→FE1,EE,GE2→GE3). In EE a to d2 before the 6th semiquaver in b. 39 was also added. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 40-41
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In addition to the mark at the end of b. 39, A (→GE→FE,EE) includes the same mark also before the 1st chord in b. 41. A more detailed analysis of A reveals that in the middle of b. 40 there were initially marks, eventually erased and most probably replaced with the first mark. Therefore, it seems that Chopin initially wrote two pedals in b. 39-40, one from the 2nd beat of b. 39 to the middle of b. 40 and another encompassing the 2nd half of b. 41 (to the preserved mark) before shortening the first pedal and removing the second, inadvertently leaving the asterisk at the beginning of b. 41. EE added the allegedly overlooked mark yet without taking into account the change of chord in the middle of the bar; this pedalling cannot come from Chopin. category imprint: Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations issues: EE revisions , Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections , Errors of A |
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b. 45-46
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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It is uncertain whether Chopin meant the accents over the B1-B and B-b octaves to be long or short, since despite a strictly analogous situation, in A the marks differ in length. In the main text we suggest long accents, since the accent of A in b. 46 can be considered long – it is also the accent over e2 in the R.H. that is shorter than its counterpart in b. 45. The version of A, when interpreted literally, and the short accents of GE1 (→FE,GE2→FESB) can be, however, regarded as equivalent variants. In the latter version, the difference between the L.H. accents (short) and the R.H. accents (long) constitutes a detail corresponding to the difference between the length of the accentuated L.H. () and R.H. () notes as well as to the difference between the liveliness and nature of the L.H. motifs and the R.H. top voice. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 46
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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According to us, the ending of the slur of A is inaccurate – Chopin did not lead the slur to the last semiquaver to keep the manuscript readable. The slur must concern the R.H. bottom voice, filled with semiquaver triplets, and is supposed to encompass the entire bar, as it was unequivocally marked in b. 45. This is the interpretation we give in the main text. In GE1 and the remaining editions, except GE3, the slur starts from the 2nd triplet, which is an inaccuracy caused by the 1st triplet having been placed on the bottom stave. FE and EE considered the ending of the slur (in GE1 (→GE2) accurately reflecting the notation of A) carelessly engraved, hence it was shortened. The range of the slur of GE3 is correct on both ends, yet the slur also encompasses the R.H. top voice (like the slurs in the remaining editions), which was clearly omitted by Chopin in A. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , FE revisions |