Issues : Changed phrase length

b. 8

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

Repetition of b. 1-8 in AsI

Repetition of b. 1-8 in AsI

No repetition of b. 1-8 in A

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In AsI the first 8 bars are repeated, which is indicated by two versions (volte) of bar 8, out of which the first one constitutes a link between bar 7 and 1, while the other is a counterpart of bar 8 in A. There are no standard repeat signs; Chopin only placed a double bar line after bar 8 (1. volta) (in this manuscript all repetitions are marked in a way similar to this).
A similar situation is to be found in bars 9-24.

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issues: Changed phrase length

b. 9

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

Repetition in AsI, contextual interpretation

No repetition in A

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The presence of two volte in bar 24 proves that Chopin envisioned in AsI a repetition of the 2nd part of the variation. In the entire piece, AsI does not include a single standard repeat sign, although in a few places – as is the case here – alternative endings of certain sections prove that repetitions were intended. See also bar 8.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Changed phrase length

b. 24

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

Repetition of b. 9-24 in AsI

Repetition of b. 9-24 in AsI

No repetition of b. 9-24 in A

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As in bars 1-8, in AsI it is also the entire second part that is repeated (from bar 9), as proved by two versions (volte) of bar 24 – the first one links bars 23 and 9, while the second is an equivalent of bar 24 in A.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Changed phrase length