Issues : Chopin's hesitations
b. 7
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composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version
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In the 1st half of the bar, the L.H. part bears traces of corrections in AsI. While working on this manuscript, the initial version: was ultimately replaced by the one we give in our transcription. Chopin then once more changed the 2nd and 3rd hemidemisemiquavers in the 1st figure of the bar; in A he returned to the initial version. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Chopin's hesitations , Accompaniment changes , Corrections of AI |
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b. 11
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composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version
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In AsI the 3rd hemidemisemiquaver in each group is b. However, the manuscript bears traces of hesitation with respect to the pitch of these groups – in three of them, over the 4th note (c) one can see an added notehead of a g note, crossed out in the 1st and 3rd groups. Therefore, it seems that Chopin pondered replacing the final c note with g, yet he gave up on the idea. The A text, in which g replaced not the 4th, but the 3rd note in the passages (b) would mean that Chopin changed the 2nd pair of hemidemisemiquavers in these figures 3 times – he started from b-c, which he changed to b-g, then he returned to initial b-c, to eventually change them to g-c. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Chopin's hesitations , Accompaniment changes , Corrections of AI |