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b. 230

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No fingering in A (→GE1→FE,EE)

Fingering in GE2 (→GE3,FESB)
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The authenticity of the fingering added by GE2 (→GE3,FESB), regardless of it being clearly accurate, seems questionable – see bar 208. The fact that the fingering was added in this very bar could be explained by the urge to remind about this indication at the beginning of a page, which in the case of GE starts from this bar. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 230

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

4 staccato dots in A

16 wedges in GE (→FE,EE)

8 R.H. wedges in FESB
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As with bar 224, it seems highly unlikely that the replacement of the four dots (emphasising in A the final melodic idea in this phrase) with wedges (reminding that the variation should be performed staccato) was introduced by GE1 under the influence of Chopin. In this edition this bar opens the page, which could have prompted the engraver (reviser?) to reinterpret the Chopinesque markings in such a way (markings that could be considered incomplete, cf. the adjacent note). The absence of wedges in the L.H. part in FESB is most probably the engraver's mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges , Errors in FESB

b. 231

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

c1-e1-f1 in A

c1-f1 in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)
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The presence of e1 in A is obvious; nevertheless, it seems highly likely that it was overlooked by the engraver of GE – the notehead is slightly thinner than the adjacent ones; what is more, it is misplaced, since it is directly under f1, and not to the left of it, as required by the rule (Chopin would generally write seconds in such a way all his life).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 231

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In A the last two semiquavers in the parts of both hands are written down without any accidentals. Chopin's blatant oversight was corrected only by GE2 (→GE3,FESB), in which the necessary naturals and a cautionary  to e2 were added. In the main text we also add cautionary accidentals to e1 (which is absent in the editions – see the note below) and to a2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 233-237

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In A there is no  restoring b2 on the last semiquaver in bar 233; both flats at the end of bar 237 are absent too. The mistakes were corrected by GE (→FE,EE,FESB).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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