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Op. 2, Variations, complete

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b. 182-183

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No slurs in AsI & FE

Slurs in A, literal reading

Slurs in GE (→EE,FESB)
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions

b. 191

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur to c2 in AsI

Slur to b. 192 in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)
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In AsI the R.H. slur ends with the last note of this bar. As this manuscript contains both the initial and the final rhythmic version of the top voice (see the previous note), the slur can be considered an alternative, earlier version of phrasing regardless of the adopted rhythm.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 192-193

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur to E in A & FESB

Slur to D in GE (→FE,EE)
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As in bars 176 and 180, GE (→FE,EE) extended the slur only to the end of the bar, probably in the belief that the notation A was inaccurate. It is difficult to say what caused the subsequent extension of the slur in FESB – inaccuracy or perhaps an analogy with bars 196-197, in which the slur has the correct range in all editions, consistent with A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Revisions in FESB

b. 194-195

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur in GE (→FE,EE), contextual interpretation
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The slur between these bars was added in GE1, possibly by Chopin. However, the notation is inaccurate, as only the ending of the slur in bar 195, on a new line, is printed. According to the editors, a mistaken placement of this slur cannot be ruled out, especially since there is no slur in this place in a similar phrase in bars 178-179. On the other hand, the vast majority (8 out of 11) of figures in which a demisemiquaver after a rest precedes a note of a different pitch are covered by a two-note slur. In addition, 2 out of 3 situations in which there is no slur are problematic – the slur in bars 180-181 has almost certainly been missed (in the analogous bars 192-193 the appropriate slur is present), and in bar 194 the demisemiquaver b1 leads in the melody to c2, but b1 is repeated in the lower voice. Taking into account this statistic and the possibility of Chopin's correction, we include the slur in question in the main text.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of GE , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 195-196

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No slur in AsI

Slur from g1-b2 in A, literal reading

Slur from e2 in A (contextual interpretation→GE→FE,EE)
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A