mUltimate Chopin

Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Issues : Errors repeated in FE

b. 154

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In A (→GE1→GE2,FE,EE) Chopin overlooked the  raising e1 to e1 in the alternative accompaniment chord, despite it being present in AsI. The accidental was then added only in FESB and GE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 161

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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As in b. 149, in the manuscripts the accidentals restoring c(1) and B (b) at the end of the bar are missing. The mistake was corrected only in FE and yet only partly by adding flats to the last demisemiquaver.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 188

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No ornament in AsI

 in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)

 with  suggested by the editors
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The missing trill in AsI is most probably related to the different shape of melody and rhythm in the ending of the bar – see the next note.

As in the case of b. 184, none of the sources includes a mark that would specify the sound of the trill'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 a . 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Main-line changes , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 189

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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The flat restoring B is present only in AsI and FESB.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 231

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In A the last two semiquavers in the parts of both hands are written down without any accidentals. Chopin's blatant oversight was corrected only by GE2 (→GE3,FESB), in which the necessary naturals and a cautionary  to e2 were added. In the main text we also add cautionary accidentals to e1 (which is absent in the editions – see the note below) and to a2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE