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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 139

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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In GE and EE2, a cautionary  was added next to d1 in the L.H. In the main text, we also add a  next to f3 in the R.H.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 141

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

g2-b2 in GC (→GE) & FE1 (→FE2→EE)

g2-b2 in FE3 (→FE4)
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The version of the 4th quaver with b2 cannot be authentic, as the  visible before this note in GC and FE1 (→FE2→EE1) was probably supposed to concern the bottom note of the third, g2 (the revisers of GE and EE2 added another  here, considering its absence a common oversight). It is proved by a comparison with analogous bars – in all the remaining places (bars 137, 143, 145 and 147-149) the top voice of the dyads is led diatonically, without raising the note on the 4th quaver in the bar. It is confirmed by the Chopinesque proofreading of FE3 (→FE4), in which the sign was moved before the bottom note, which proves that the composer heard here g2-b2. On the other hand, if g2-b2 had really been intended by Chopin from the very beginning, the  in [A] would have probably been misplaced, since two persons – the copyist and the engraver of FE1 – misinterpreted it. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 143-144

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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In GC and FE (→EE1) there are no naturals raising e1 to e1 in the 3rd crotchet in bar 143 and e3 to e3 in the 6th quaver in bar 144. The first of them was added in FED, both were added in GE and EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions

b. 143-144

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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The crotchets in the L.H. in the 2nd half of each of these bars are written in the sources in the treble clef, which raises doubts, as far as the validity of the accidentals from the 1st half is concerned:

  •  before e1 in bar 143 is present in all sources;
  •  before e1 in bar 144 was added in GE, FE4 and EE2;
  •  before e in bar 144 appears only in GE.

In the graphical layout adopted in the main text the signs are not necessary.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions

b. 145-146

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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GC and FE1 (→FE2→FE3) lack seven naturals before the notes, which were previously already correctly written in another octave. These patent inaccuracies do not impede the interpretation and they were completed in the subsequent sources to a varied extent. It is only GE that has the correct text. Similarly in the next bars.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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