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b. 125
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composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major
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The missing category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in EE |
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b. 125-128
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composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major
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Most of the wedges present in FE (→EE) were arbitrarily changed to staccato dots in GE – see the note in bar 7. As the change covers all wedges included in GE, we consider the version of this edition to be one variant, on this page encompassing generally 5 marks in bar 121 and 123, 126 and 125 and 128, yet we discuss the first two groups of bars separately due to other source issues – see the notes in bar 121 and 126. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Wedges |
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b. 125-127
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composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major
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Taking into account the similarities between bar 125 and 127, it seems highly likely that Chopin wanted the L.H. slurs to be of the same range. However, the slur in bar 125 clearly starts from the quaver at the beginning of the 2nd half of the bar, while the respective slur in bar 127, clearly inaccurate, begins somewhere between the last two thirds in the top voice. This inaccuracy must have resulted from the layout, in which the 4th quaver in the bar and the L.H. top voice are written on the top stave, under the R.H. part, which makes it impossible to begin a slur earlier. Therefore, we assume that, following the principle of minimal intervention in the source notation, it indicates a slur running from the accented f1-a category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Editorial revisions issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies |
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b. 126
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composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major
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The wedge over d category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE |
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b. 127
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composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major
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Taking into account the similarities between bar 125 and 127, in the main text we indicate staccato articulation for the 1st quaver in the 2nd half of the bar, as the performance markings in these bars either overlap or complement each other. category imprint: Editorial revisions |
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1 third. In this quasi-literal interpretation of the sources, the slurs in both phrases are not identical. Therefore, in the main text in bar 127 we provide a slur running from the quaver at the beginning of the 2nd half of the bar, in accordance with the slur in bar 125. As an alternative solution we suggest slurs from the 5th quaver of the bar in both places, which can be regarded as a contextual interpretation of the discussed places.
