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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 67-76

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 one variant, on this page encompassing 11 marks in bars 67-70, 73 and 75-76, but we discuss the last two groups of bars separately due to the omission of wedges in EE – see the notes at the beginning of bar 73 and 75.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 70

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

Staccato dot in FE

No staccato dot in GE & EE
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The fact that the staccato dot is missing both in GE and EE makes us ponder whether Chopin did not add it later – while proofreading FE, after having sent the copies serving as the bases for GE and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 73

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

Wedges in FE

Staccato dots in GE

No markings in EE
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The absence of marks in EE is most probably an oversight. On the other hand, the change of wedges to staccato dots in GE resulted from general revision of the publisher – see the note in bar 7.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 75-76

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

Wedges in FE

Staccato dots in GE

No markings in EE
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The two missing wedges in EE (b3 in bar 75 and d2-d3 in bar 76) must be due to oversight. In GE the two kinds of staccato markings present in FE (→EE), wedges and dots (which was very typical of Chopin in that period), were reduced to one kind – dots – in the entire Variations. On this page, we write about it in the note in bar 67.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 79-92

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

Wedges in FE (→EE)
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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 one variant, on this page encompassing 13 marks in bar 79, 89 and 90-91 (except the L.H. quavers in the 2nd half of bar 91). We discuss the omissions of marks in some editions separately – see bar 91 and 92.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions