AsI - Working autograph of score
Working autograph of the 1827 score.
A - Autograph fair copy
Autograph fair copy used as the basis for the first German edition.
GE - German edition
FE - French edition
FESB - Later French edition
Schonenberger, Paris, plate number S. 606, early 1840.
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Additional source
Af – a fragment of an autograph of a non-final edition of the version for 1 piano, probably the first attempt to prepare a fair copy of the entire Variations, which could serve as a basis for the publisher. It consists of one card with 17 bars of the ending of the 3rd variation (bars 191-207) on one side and the beginning of the 5th variation (bars 255-267) on the other. The difference in the degree of refinement of both sides of Af is noteworthy – in variation III the notation is entirely careful, although in the solo part there are no performance markings, while in variation V there are many markings, but some of them are written with visible haste, unfinished or deleted (this especially applies to the 3rd and 4th lines).
| Var. III | image | transcript | edited text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Var. V | image | trans. b. 255-263 | edited b. 255-263 |
| trans. b. 264-267 | edited b. 264-267 |
Principles behind the main text of
the Variations in B flat major, Op. 2
We take A as our basis, taking into account changes in FE most likely originating from Chopin. We correct uncorrected, probable errors in A according to AsI and Af. The Chopin fingering noted in AsI, which can be considered a complement to the fingering inscribed in A, is given in round brackets.