Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major
FE - French edition
M. Schlesinger, Paris, plate number M.S. 1499:
FE1 ‒ First French edition, Dec 1833,
FEO ‒ Teaching copy with Chopin’s annotations, belonging to Napoleon Orda.
GE - German edition
Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, plate number 5495:
GE1 ‒ First German edition, XI 1833,
GE2 ‒ Revised impression of GE1 (ca. 1866-1869).
EE - English edition
Cramer, Addison & Beale, London, plate number 1251:
EE1 – First English edition, Jan 1834.
Principles behind the main text of
the Variations in B flat major, Op. 12
We take FE as our basis, as it is based directly on [A]. The probable authentic versions of GE can be treated as equivalent variants. We take into account the annotations coming from Chopin, written into the pupil’s copy – FEO.
