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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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b. 37

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to b. It was also added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 39-40

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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As in b. 35-36, in A Chopin overlooked some necessary accidentals, mainly in b. 40 – a  to d2 and a  to e2 in the R.H. and a  to e1 and a  to d2 in the L.H. (the use of accidentals in b. 39 is not fully codified due to the octave sign, as a result of which the  to e3 and the  to d2 could be considered superfluous). All necessary accidentals – subject to the situation described in the brackets above – were already added in GE1 (→FE1,EE,GE2→GE3). In EE a  to d2 before the 6th semiquaver in b. 39 was also added.
FESB repeated the accidentals of GE1; however, it was a  instead of a  that was placed to the 6th semiquaver in b. 39, which resulted in an erroneous e1 note; moreover, a  to d2 was added before the 8th semiquaver in this bar, which does not make sense – the accidental, if necessary at all, should be before the 6th semiquaver.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 39-40

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

4 wedges in A

8 wedges in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)
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In the main text we include the staccato marks on the 4th beat of the bar, added in GE (→FE,EE,FESB). It is noteworthy that in A Chopin added the staccato indication after eight semiquavers, which suggests that he considered that the 4th beat of b. 39 (and most probably of b. 35 too), identical to the third one, would naturally "inherit" the articulation markings of the preceding one. Therefore, although the authenticity of the very marks is not entirely certain, the authenticity of the articulation they indicate absolutely is.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 41

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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We include the cautionary  added in GE (→FE,EE,FESB). The accidental also appears in AsI.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 43-44

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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As in b. 35-36 and 39-40, in the manuscripts Chopin overlooked some of the necessary accidentals, in this case only flats. AsI lacks a  to the 14th semiquaver in b. 43 (g2) and to the 10th semiquaver in b. 44 (g), and A lacks a  to the 14th semiquaver in b. 43 (g2) and flats to the 8th and 20th semiquavers in b. 44 (g1 and g). All omitted accidentals were already added in GE1, which was repeated in the remaining editions. In the main text, we omit the unnecessary repetition.
In the AsI notation, attention is drawn to the unnecessary repetitions of flats before g3 in bar 43 (as in A) and g1 in bar 44, as well as 3 flats (cautionary?) before e3 in bar 43 and e2 and RH. e in bar 44.

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issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign , Inaccuracies in A