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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 255

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In AsI and A, there is a  to B (cautionary?) before the last octave in bar 255. In GE (→FE,EE), another one was added, to B1. In the main text we omit these unjustified accidentals.
At the beginning of bar 256, in the manuscripts there is also an accidental only to the top note of the L.H. octave. A natural to the bottom note was added already by GE (→FE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 256

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the manuscripts there are no accidentals in the second triplet (on the 3rd beat of the bar). In the main text we include both added flats – perhaps by Chopin in GE (→FE,EE) – although it is only the  restoring a1 that is indispensable. Incidentally, also in the previous triplet, an octave higher, the  to g2 present in all sources is also of a cautionary nature.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of GE , Last key signature sign

b. 257

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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The first and last notes of the group of 4 small notes ending the trill are written in A (→GE1→EE,GE2→GE3,FESB) without accidentals. The use of G at the beginning of this group, natural in this context, is confirmed by the  of AsI and by the  added – along with a cautionary  to g – in the stage of proofreading FE1.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE , Last key signature sign

b. 269

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to F. The accidental was also added by FE (it cannot be ruled out that at Chopin's request) and by EE3, probably on the basis of a comparison with FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions

b. 297

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the main text we omit the  to e1 in the 3rd semiquaver triplet, unnecessarily repeated in the sources. In A one can see that initially there was also a  in the 5th triplet, from which, however, it was removed. By contrast, we leave the reminder  to d2 in the 4th triplet, since d3, occurring a moment later, may raise doubts as to the sound of this note.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals