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b. 266

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Arpeggio signs in Af

No signs in A (→GEFE,EE)

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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

b. 266

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

b. 266

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

b. 266

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Signs & indications in A

Indications in GE (→FE)

Indications in EE

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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

b. 266

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Accent on 4th beat in A

No marks in GE (→FE,EE)

2 accents suggested by the editors

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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.
See also bar 268.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in GE