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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Issues : Wedges

b. 342

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

4 staccato dots in AsI

7 staccato dots in A

Wedges in GE (→FE,EE)
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Wedges instead of staccato dots almost certainly resulted from an ad hoc revision of the engraver of GE1, who unified these marks in the entire finale of the Variations.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges

b. 345-346

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Staccato dots in A

Wedges in GE (→FE,EE)
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In both bars wedges instead of dots must have resulted from an ad hoc revision by the engraver of GE1, who unified these marks in the entire finale of the Variations.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges

b. 347-348

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Wedges in b. 348 in AsI

Staccato dots in A

Wedges in GE (→FE,EE)
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Wedges instead of dots over the octaves and the sequence of L.H. quavers played over the R.H. must have resulted from a revision by the engraver of GE1, who unified these marks in the entire finale of the Variations.
In AsI the marks are only in bar 348. It is uncertain which marks Chopin meant here – we assume that they are wedges.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges

b. 362

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

4 staccato dots in A

5 wedges in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)

5 dots suggested by the editors
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The dots having been replaced with wedges was an arbitrary decision of the engraver of GE1 – see bars 271-272. The absence of a dot in A over the penultimate quaver probably resulted from ink stoppage.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges

b. 363

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

3 staccato dots in A

2 wedges in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)
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Replacing the staccato dots with wedges is a revision, while the omission of the mark over d-d1 – a mistake by the engraver of GE1 (in A the dot merges with the  mark).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Wedges