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Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

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b. 184

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

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In the main text we add cautionary accidentals – a  to e1 and a  to a. In analogous bar 188, a  to a1 is present in all sources.

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issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 186-190

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

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At the beginning of bar 186 and 190 in the main text we add a cautionary  to b and b1.

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b. 187

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

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We add a cautionary  before d2 in the main text.

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b. 191-195

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

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In the G passages in bar 191, 193 and 195 a number of flats to g and d tones are missing in FE – out of the 6 accidentals that should be in each of these bars, in FE there are only the first two in bar 191, the first three in bar 193 and the 2nd and the 3rd one in bar 195. In bar 191 and 195 the notation is incomplete even if we assumed that an accidental is valid at a given pitch both in the presence of an octave sign and without it. Nevertheless, the text is perfectly obvious, hence in GE and EE a  was added only at the beginning of bar 195 (d3). Similar deficiencies are to be found in bar 192, 194 and 196.

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issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 192-195

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

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The 5th quaver in each of these bars is devoid of an accidental, which is a patent oversight. In the main text we add the necessary flats lowering d1 to d1.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Errors in FE , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE