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b. 233

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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As before, in the main text we add a cautionary  to g1. In this place, an accidental was also added by EE, along with another  to g2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 235-238

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the main text we add cautionary flats to e1 in bars 235 and 238.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 237

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In GE1 (→FE1,GE2), the  raising b1 to b1 is before the 1st third. Interestingly enough, it is not a common mistake but a wrong revision, since the traces of corrections in print (visible particularly in GE2) reveal that initially the text was printed correctly, with a  before the 3rd semiquaver. In FE2, EE, FESB and GE3, the  was moved to the right place, while in EE another natural was added, a cautionary one to g1 in the 1st third. We include this cautionary accidental also in the main text, hence our text is identical to version of EE.

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

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions , Errors repeated in FE

b. 239

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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

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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).

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b. 240-246

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In AsI in these bars, there is no indication that the bass line should be doubled an octave lower. It is likely that it is not an earlier version but a simplified, incomplete record, hence we do not regard it as a full-fledged variant. In all the remaining sources, the bass line is led in octaves, generally written down with the use of con 8va starting:

  • from the 1st octave in bar 240 to the 1st octave in bar 246 in A,
  • from the 2nd octave in bar 240 to the end of bar 245 in the editions.

See also the adjacent note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Bass register changes , Abbreviated octaves' notation