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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 48

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to c3 and omit the unnecessarily repeated  to b2, the penultimate semiquaver in the 1st half of the bar. We do not include the  to f3 either, the penultimate semiquaver in the bar, added in GE (→FE,EE,FESB).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 49-51

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In A the bottom notes of the B1-B octave in b. 49-50 and the B1-B octave in b. 51 are devoid of accidentals. They were already added in GE1 and repeated in the remaining editions.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 49

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In A there is no  raising e2 to e2 at the beginning of the 5th semiquaver triplet. The accidental was added in GE (→FE,EE). On the 4th beat of the bar, there are no accidentals in the sources, which, however, cannot be considered a mistake in this piece – cf. b. 39-40.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 50

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 55-57

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No fingering in AsI & A (→GE1→EE,FE)

Fingering in GE2 (→GE3,FESB)
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In the main text we do not include the fingering added by GE2 (→GE3,FESB) due to its questionable authenticity. It is particularly the use of the 5th and 4th fingers in the 2nd figure in b. 56 and the 1st figure in b. 57 that is dubious – Chopin would repeat the 5th finger in similar contexts, e.g. in the Polonaise in E, Op. 22, b. 22. See also b. 57 and 58.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE