b. 266
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In the main text we include the arpeggio wavy lines entered into Af. Their absence in A and all the editions seems to be a patent oversight, considering the span of the chords and the arpeggios in the preceding bar. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors of A |
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b. 266
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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As in bar 265, the pedalling marks in the 1st half of the bar are inaccurately aligned in A – the first mark is written as early as under the chord on the 2nd quaver in the bar, while the next mark – directly behind it, still before the d1 crotchet in the top voice. However, as the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quavers in the bar are written very close to each other, one can guess that the inaccurate alignment resulted from lack of space; consequently, in the editions the notation was corrected in accordance with the analogous places and the pianistic sense. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 266
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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Strictly speaking, the R.H. figuration, in which 12 notes fall on one quaver, should be written in hemidemisemiquavers. However, in the main text we keep the version of the sources, since Chopin would write down irregular groups of notes encompassing a dozen or so notes in this way, hence in twice as long rhythmic values, also in other pieces, cf., e.g. the Prelude in D, Op. 28 No. 15, bar 4. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Source & stylistic information |
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b. 266
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The omitted marks seem to be a revision of GE (→FE,EE) aimed at simplifying the notation. In the main text we keep the combination of hairpins and verbal indications placed within the hairpins, typical of Chopin. There is a similar situation in bar 268. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: GE revisions |
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b. 266
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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There is no reason why d1 on the 2nd beat of the bar should not be accented, as was the case with the analogous crotchets in the previous and next figures. Therefore, it is most probably Chopin's oversight in A. Admittedly, the accent is also absent in Af, but this is not an argument for intentional omission of the mark, since in this manuscript Chopin put accents only in the first three figures, in bars 263-264 (moreover, these three marks must be regarded as a pattern to be followed further on, which, paradoxically, is rather an argument for an accent). Due to the above, in the main text we add this accent. In the editions, the absence of an accent also on the 4th beat of the bar is almost certainly an oversight. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: Errors in GE |