Issues : FE revisions
b. 180
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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According to the editors, the sign in A (→GE1→GE2) is entered imprecisely because it includes a rest during which a crescendo cannot be started. In the main text, we give it a scope analogous to the next such sign. A similar interpretation is used in FE and EE, as well as in FESB, in which, however, the sign is reversed (diminuendo instead of crescendo). It's hard to say whether this was an intentional change or a mistake. On the contrary, in GE3 the sign was slightly extended, which was probably a revision. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Sign reversal , FE revisions , Revisions in FESB , |
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b. 184
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In AsI the ornament, added probably later, is provided with a draft and not entirely clear form; however, it is most probably . Chopin would often use this mark in the sense of (at times they are even difficult to tell apart). Therefore, the use of a different mark does not have to mean that Chopin envisaged a longer ornament. None of the sources includes a mark that would specify the sound of the ornament's top note. The prevailing key in b. 184-190, F major, requires the use of e2, which in the main text we indicate with naturals. Omissions of accidentals in similar situations is a rule rather than an exception in Chopin's pieces – apparently, the composer believed that the sense of key would suggest the right note to the performer. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations issues: Errors in FE , Placement of markings , FE revisions , , |
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b. 237
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In GE1 (→FE1,GE2), the raising b1 to b1 is before the 1st third. Interestingly enough, it is not a common mistake but a wrong revision, since the traces of corrections in print (visible particularly in GE2) reveal that initially the text was printed correctly, with a before the 3rd semiquaver. In FE2, EE, FESB and GE3, the was moved to the right place, while in EE another natural was added, a cautionary one to g1 in the 1st third. We include this cautionary accidental also in the main text, hence our text is identical to version of EE. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions , Errors repeated in FE |
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b. 257
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In A there are no accidentals to the 2nd and 3rd R.H. chords. The missing accidentals were gradually added by the subsequent editions – in GE1 (→GE2) both accidentals to the 2nd chord were added, while in EE1 a to the 3rd chord was also added (a was not necessary due to the wrong pitch of the topmost note). The remaining editions – FE, EE3 and GE3 – include all the necessary accidentals. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 259
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The version of notation of FE and EE, in which the semiquaver of the top voice was placed after the 3rd quaver of the triplet in the remaining voices, is contrary to the Chopinesque understanding of this combination of rhythms – see bars 45-46. Interestingly, the engraver of FE consistently forced his version of notation (contrary to the basis), whereas the engraver of EE decided to depart from the basis only here. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , FE revisions |