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Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

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b. 87

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

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In FE the return to the bass clef in the L.H. from the beginning of bar 87 was omitted. The mistake was corrected in GE and EE.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 87

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

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FE (→EE) has ritten. instead of the correct riten. GE corrected the misspelling.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Errors repeated in EE

b. 88

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

in FE (→EE)

 in GE
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The change of  to  in GE is probably an arbitrary revision by the publisher or even a mistake. A possible correction by Chopin seems much less likely due to the musically unjustified, excessive contrast with , in force from bar 86 and in bar 88 (the Chopinesque  in bar 92 follows  and constitutes a spectacular and definite ending to the variation – cf. also the dynamics in bars 58-62).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 88

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

No separate voices in FE (→GE,EE)

Separate voices suggested by the editors
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In the main text we replace the quasi-one-part notation of the L.H. part – possibly by Chopin but misleading in this context – by regular notation with separate parts.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Different values of chord components

b. 88

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

Slur from f1 to c2 in FE

Slur from g1 to c2 in GE & EE

Slur from f1 to b1 suggested by the editors
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According to us, the ending of the FE slur is inaccurate, as there is no reason for it not to encompass the last note of the phrase – cf. the L.H. slur and the slur in the ending of the theme (bar 58).
Adjusting the slur to the group of semiquavers filling a half of the bar is most probably a routine revision by GE and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions