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Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

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b. 23

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

Slur to a3 in FE (→GE,EE)

Slur to f3 suggested by the editors
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The FE slur is inaccurate – it ends between the 4th and 5th semiquaver. We reproduce it – as in GE and EE – as a slur encompassing the 1st beat only. On the other hand, in the main text we suggest a slur encompassing the entire R.H. figure, in accordance with the subsequent figures.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 25

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

Slurs in FE (→GE)

Slurs in EE

Our suggestion
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The inconsistent slurs in FE (→GE) are most likely inaccurate, perhaps due to imprecise notation in [A]. In the main text, we standardize slurs according to the division into hands indicated by the graphic layout. An attempt at partial standardization was also made in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 26

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

Without slur or wedge in FE

Slur & staccato dot in GE

Slur & wedge in EE
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In FE the second rhythmic group in the L.H. part is provided neither with a slur nor with a wedge, which is either the engraver's oversight or Chopin's inadvertence. The marks were added in GE and EE, yet in GE the wedge was changed to a staccato dot as part of general revision – see the note in bar 20.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 30-31

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

Slur in FE

No slur in GE & EE
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It is highly unlikely that both GE and EE could have overlooked a clearly printed slur. Therefore, the slur was most probably added by Chopin in the last stage of proofreading FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 32-33

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

Slur from g1 in FE (literal reading→GE,EE)

Slur from f1 suggested by the editors
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The FE slur was printed inaccurately – it clearly starts before the crotchet in bar 33, but not before the bar line, hence in GE and EE it does not include the upbeat. A comparison with the slur over the repetition of this phrase in bars 34-36 proves that this interpretation is wrong. Slurs starting from the upbeat appear also in the opera's original score, both in the orchestral introduction and the solo part.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE