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Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

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  b. 1-5

Arpeggios from f1 in AsI, basic version

Arpeggios from b1, c2, d2 & b1 in AsI, later version, contextual interpretation

Arpeggios from b1, c2, d2 & b1 in A

In bars 1 and 5, in the principal AsI version, the R.H. hemidemisemiquaver figures do not advance in parallel to the semiquavers constituting the melody. In the 1st half of bar 1, Chopin already added an alternative version, close to the later A version. According to us, this version is to be considered a draft of a new idea, containing the default instruction 'and so on and so forth'. This is indicated by analogous bar 17, in which the A version is marked in the form of a similar addition throughout the entire bar. We provide the AsI addition interpreted as such as a variant of the later version in both bars (1 and 5). See also bars 2-6 and 7.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

notation: Pitch

Missing markers on sources: AsI, A
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