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b. 198

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Tied quaver e1 in AsI, contextual interpretation

Crotchet e1 in A & GE2 (→GE3,FESB)

Quaver e1 in GE1 (→EE)

Quaver & demisemiquaver e1 in FE

Completed FE version suggested by the editors
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As with b. 182, in the main text we give the version with e1 repeated at the end of the bar, introduced in the stage of proofreading FE. At the same time, we do not accept the fact that the e1 crotchet played in the middle of the bar should be shortened (to a quaver) – it is probably a mistake or revision by GE1 (→FE,EE), which was corrected by GE2 (→GE3,FESB). However, we add a dot extending the a1 semiquaver, since we are convinced that its absence in FE resulted from inaccurate or simplified proofreading.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 198

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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As in b. 182, in GE (→FE,EE,FESB) 2 poorly justified cautionary accidentals were added – a  to f, the 12th demisemiquaver, and a  to F, the 14th demisemiquaver. The former is also in AsI, yet Chopin omitted it in A (and in Af as well). In the main text we do not include any of the accidentals. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 198

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

G in AsI

F in Af &A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)

F in GE3
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As in b. 182, in the main text, based on the undoubtedly later version of Af and A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB), we add a cautionary  to the 8th demisemiquaver, F. The accidental was also added by GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Accompaniment changes

b. 199

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No ornament in AsI

Trill without ending in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)

Our variant suggestion
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As in bar 127, in the main text we propose in variant form (in brackets) the ending of the trill that appears in the 1st violin part in GEork (→FEork). The lack of an ornament in the piano part of AsI may be the result of a short, hasty notation – it appears in the 1st violin part in this manuscript.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 200-203

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No octaves in AsI

Octaves in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)
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As in bars 128-131, in A the L.H. octaves are written down in an abridged manner with the use of con 8va. In the editions the octaves were written out in full. The absence of this indication in AsI could be merely a simplification of notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Bass register changes , Abbreviated octaves' notation