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b. 132

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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We add cautionary flats before es1 and es3. The accidentals were also added in GE3. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 132-133

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

2  in AsI, main version

 &  in A (→GE→FE,EE)
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Main-line changes , Corrections of AI

b. 133

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No indication in sources

[Oboe] suggested by the editors
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In the main text we supplement the imprecise piece of information concerning the instrumentation – in the sources of the orchestral part, including AsI, the last semiquavers in b. 133 and the topmost voice until the 1st quaver in b. 135 are performed by the oboe, joined by the clarinets (and the bassoon) only just in b. 134.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 134

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

f repeated in AsI

f tied in A (→GE→FE,EE)
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 135

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

2nd quaver without f2 in AsI & FE

Chord with f2 in A (→GE→EE,FESB)
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The version without f2, introduced – most probably by Chopin – at the stage of proofreading FE, is also a version that was entered into AsI, in which the note was also removed (deleted, like f in the L.H. on the same quaver). Therefore, if the correction to AsI preceded the preparation of A, we are dealing with Chopin's hesitation, who changed his mind on the presence of this note three times. Another possibility would be the initial version having been erroneously entered into A.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE