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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Issues : Rhythmic errors

b. 267

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In A (→GE→FE,EE) the penultimate note is prolonged to the value of a quaver, which must be a mistake in this context.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Rhythmic errors , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 268

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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The triplets in the 2nd half of the bar are written in A (→GE1→FE,EE) as demisemiquavers instead of semiquavers. The mistake was corrected by GE2 (→GE3,FESB).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 273

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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The second note in the L.H. part in AsI, A (→GE→FE) and EE3 is a dotted quaver, as a result of which the bar is a semiquaver too short. In the full, orchestral version of this tutti, the cello (and bassoon) phrase starts from the beginning of the bar with a dotted crotchet, which could have suggested to Chopin that it was also in the version for one piano, after shifting the beginning to the 2nd quaver, that the new value should be dotted. The mistake, easy to detect, was noticed and corrected only by FESB. By contrast, in EE1 (→EE2) the dot prolonging this note was left out – it could have been a failed attempt at correcting this mistake.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Rhythmic errors , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Revisions in FESB

b. 305

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

  in A (→GE→EE,FESB)

  in AsI & FE1 (→FE2)
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The rhythm of A (→GE→EE,FESB) is almost certainly erroneous, which is evidenced by the long accent, certainly referring to the note held slightly longer (with a dot). Chopin corrected his mistake while proofreading FE1 (→FE2); the correct version is also in AsI.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Rhythmic errors , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 354

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In all sources the bass f is provided with a wrong rhythmic value – a minim in AsI and a dotted minim in A (→GE→FE,EE). The mistake could have resulted from copying the notation of the bassoon II part, in which this note is played from the beginning of the bar and is provided with such a value – a minim in AsI and a dotted minim in GEork (→FEork). In the main text we give the correct value, written down in accordance with the division of the beams of the bottom voice on the top stave in A.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Rhythmic errors , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE ,