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Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

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Issues : Accidentals in different octaves

b. 2-6

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

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In AsI there are no flats restoring b3 at the end of bars 2 and 6. This is a patent mistake – Chopin wrote 'b' over each of those notes. In A those flats are present, yet the accidentals to the 4th note of the 2nd and 4th R.H. passages, a  (b2) and a  (b2), respectively, are missing. This inaccuracy does not create any doubts concerning the text either.
A similar situation is to be found in bars 18 and 22. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Omissions to cancel alteration , Inaccuracies in A

b. 3

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

b1-c2 & g1-c2 in AsI, basic version

b1-c2 & g1-c2 in AsI, basic version

b1-e2 & g1-e2 in AsI, later version

b1-e2 & g1-e2 in AsI, later version

2 times b1-e2 in A

2 times b1-e2 in A
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The version of the 2nd half of the bar added in AsI seems to be the first version of the final text, hence we regard it as a variant of the latter. However, as upon the return of this bar (bar 19) AsI has only one version, identical to the final one, all three versions can be actually treated interchangeably.

The AsI notation is inaccurate in terms of accidentals – in the principal version the  raising e2 to e2 is written only just in the 4th R.H. figure, while in the added version there is no natural at all. On the other hand, in the L.H. part, Chopin unnecessarily repeated a  to e1 in the 4th passage.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Cautionary accidentals , Accompaniment changes

b. 16

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

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Both manuscripts are missing a few necessary accidentals in this bar – a  to g2 and naturals to g2, d1 and g1. In addition, in AsI the  to d2 is missing. On the other hand, in A there is an unjustified  to c1 in the last L.H. figure. The latter and both accidentals written in A to the topmost R.H. notes are placed much lower than the noteheads they concern.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Cautionary accidentals , Omission of current key accidentals , Accidental below/above the note , Inaccuracies in A

b. 18-22

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

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As in bars 2 and 6, in A there are no accidentals to the last hemidemisemiquaver of the 2nd and 4th R.H. figures in bars 18 and 22, a  (b2) and a  (b2), respectively. In AsI these accidentals are not necessary, since in the version of this manuscript, the aforementioned notes are absent. On the other hand, there is no  to the 2nd note in the 2nd L.H. figure in bar 18 (b). In this context, the patent inaccuracies do not raise any doubts concerning the text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in A