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b. 1-8
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In AsI, the piece begins with an orchestral eight-bar period based on a melodic and harmonic idea different from the published version. Only bars 1 and 8 show any similarity to the final version, the rest form a kind of skeleton of what the soloist then performs in bars 10-15 (this is especially clear in bars 3-6 in comparison with bars 11-14). We consider this original redaction to be the text of AsI and we present it as a unified variant of the entire bars 1-8. In addition, AsI also contains – on the page preceding the regular opening – a record of the later version, although only in the form of a string quintet score. It differs from the sources constituting the basis of the published version (A, GE1 and FE) only in the rhythm of the end of bar 8, which we describe in a separate note and include as a variant of the main text. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Accompaniment changes , Main-line changes |
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b. 2
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In the sources, there is no category imprint: Editorial revisions issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A |
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b. 3
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In the main text we add cautionary flats to b category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals |
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b. 4
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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We consider the version of A (→GE1) to be erroneous, which is indicated by the orchestral part – an F in cellos and double basses is both in the later version of AsI and in the voices of GE and FE. The correct version of FE almost certainly resulted from Chopin's correction, probably introduced still into the copy of GE1 serving as the basis for that edition – there are no visible traces of changes in print. The corrections present in GE2 (→GE3,FESB) and EE2 (→EE3) can be considered revisions on the basis of orchestral parts. In the case of GE2, Chopin's intervention is also likely; his participation in the preparation of that edition is generally questionable, yet it cannot be excluded to a limited extent. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 7
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In the main text we include the f semibreve present in A. It also appears in all sources of the orchestral part (in violas), including in the later record of this bar in AsI. The absence of that note in the editions most probably resulted from a mistake by the engraver of GE1; perhaps he was uncertain where to put it – more or less in the middle of the bar, as in A, or at the beginning of bar as required by the general rule of vertical alignment of notes played simulaneously. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE |
restoring d1 on the 4th beat of the bar. The mistake resulted from the way the piano reduction was prepared – the R.H. top voice corresponds to the Violin II part, in which there is no need for a 
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