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b. 178

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

on AsI

No ornament in remaining sources.
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In the version intended for publication, Chopin reserved the trill for the last repetition of this phrase, bar 194.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Main-line changes

b. 180

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No slur in A (→GE→FE,EE1→EE2)

Slur in EE3

Slur suggested by the editors
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In the main text, we propose adding a slur covering a pair of double stops at the transition of bars 180-181, b-a1 and e1-g1. The slur was also added in EE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 180

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

in A (→GE1→GE2)

 in FE & EE

 in FESB

in GE3
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According to the editors, the  sign in A (→GE1→GE2) is entered imprecisely because it includes a rest during which a crescendo cannot be started. In the main text, we give it a scope analogous to the next such sign. A similar interpretation is used in FE and EE, as well as in FESB, in which, however, the sign is reversed (diminuendo instead of crescendo). It's hard to say whether this was an intentional change or a mistake. On the contrary, in GE3 the sign was slightly extended, which was probably a revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Sign reversal , FE revisions , Revisions in FESB , Errors in FESB

b. 180

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

 in A

 in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)
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It is difficult to say whether the change in the direction of the dynamic hairpin under the second two-note motif was introduced intentionally by Chopin or the reviser of GE1, or whether it is the result of an engraver's mistake. The lack of visible traces of changes in the print rather indicates an adjustment or – what the editors believe is most likely – an error. The engraver could have made the quite common "mirror" error by simply inverting the sign (cf. e.g. Nocturne in D Op. 27 No. 2, b. 6), or perceived this and the previous sign to be a pair  , very common in music in general, and in these Variations in particular. Therefore, we leave in the main text the only undoubtedly authentic version of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Sign reversal

b. 181-182

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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The version of AsI written down as these bars are repeated – see b. 183.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions