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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Issues : Omissions to cancel alteration

b. 340

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

b1-d2 in A & FESB

b1-d2 in AsI & GE (→FE,EE)
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The version of A featuring b1 must be Chopin's mistake, which in this case could be explained by score-like thinking – in the voice of the 2nd clarinet implementing the bottom line of the semiquavers, a  restoring b is unnecessary. The accidental, present in AsI, was then added already in the stage of proofreading GE (→FE,EE), perhaps by Chopin. It is the engraver of FESB that is to blame for the absence of this accidental in this edition.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE ,

b. 367-368

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In A a few necessary naturals restoring the right pitch to the previously altered notes are missing – to g2, c3, e3 in bar 367 and to c3 in bar 368. In GE1 (→FE,EE,GE2→FESB) only the second one was added, while in GE3 a third one was also added.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A