Issues : Accompaniment changes

b. 160

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Triad in AsI & A (→GEEE,FESB)

Sixth in FE

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As before, in the main text we give a sixth, introduced by Chopin instead of a three-note chord while proofreading FE. In this bar, it is also AsI that provides the alternative L.H. part (featuring the three-note chord of the initial version). In this manuscript, a three-note chord – D-F-B is also on the 4th quaver; however, F was eventually removed. See also the note in the next bar.

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

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 161

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Chords in AsI

Dyads in A (→GEFE,EE,FESB)

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The version of AsI, written here for the first time (see b. 135-139), undoubtedly presents the initial edition of the alternative accompaniment, generally based on three-note chords, as in the repetition of this phrase an octave higher (b. 165 and the analogous previous ones). Particularly on the 2nd quaver, there was initially an e-g-c1 three-note chord, in which Chopin removed c1, since it was present in the R.H. figuration, but probably added a c, which we give as the text of this source. 

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

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 162

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

f-a-c1 in AsI

c-f-a in A (→GEFE,EE,FESB)

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The correction entered into AsI on the 2nd quaver in the previous bar, which allows to avoid a situation in which c1 is played simultaneously by both hands, makes us think that Chopin wanted to change accordingly the 2nd quaver in the discussed bar too already back then; however, he implemented it only just in A.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 174

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Crotchet f in AsI

2 quavers f in A (→GEFE,EE,FESB)

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In the main text we stand by the undoubtedly later version of A (→GEFE,EE,FESB). Rhythmically speaking, it is also closer to the orchestral version, in which we can hear 4 quavers in the cellos and basses: .

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 175

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Chords in AsI

Chords in A (→GEEE,FESB)

Chord & octave in FE

Our alternative suggestion

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The version of AsI fairly corresponds to the orchestral version, in which the 2nd and 3rd quavers are almost (in AsI) or completely (in the printed voices) identical, as far as the pitch is concerned. It was also in A (→GEEE,FESB) that Chopin only complemented the R.H. chords. The proofreading of FE – undoubtedly Chopinesque – brought about a major change, and this is the version (the latest one) we give in the main text. An alternative proposal, analogous to the endings of Variation I and Variation III, takes into account a possible misunderstanding in implementing the proofreading corrections. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes