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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

Text Compare Notes Sources Description

Issues : Terzverschreibung error

b. 92

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

f2-d3 in GC (→GE) & FE3 (→FE4)

f2-f3 in FE1 (→FE2→EE)
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The version of FE1 (→FE2→EE) is certainly erroneous – it is proved both by the text of GC (→GE) and the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4). At the same time, it is only FE4 that includes a completely correct text, as FE3 overlooked the  before the corrected note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 93

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

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At the beginning of the bar GC has a C1-E tenth. It is certainly a mistake, which is proved by, among others, the  before the bottom note, which does not make any sense before C1. All the remaining sources include an E1-E octave.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Errors of GC

b. 128

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

g2-c3 in GC (→GE), FE3 (→FE4), FESch & EE2

g2-e3 in FE1 (→FE2→EE1)
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The version with e3 present in FE1 (→FE2→EE1) (in both FE without the necessary  in this situation) is almost certainly erroneous. It is proved by: c3 written in GC (→GE) and the Chopinesque corrections in FESch and FE3 (→FE4). The correct version with c3 is written inaccurately in some of the sources – the necessary  is only in GE and EE2. Further omissions of accidentals – see the adjacent note.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in GC , Annotations in FESch

b. 148

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

d2-g2 in GC, FE (→EE) & GE2

b1-g2 in GE1
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The version of GE1 is certainly a mistake of the engraver, corrected in GE2. The bottom note of this dyad is devoid of natural in GC, FE and GE1, which in all of the cases is a patent error.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions

b. 155

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

e2 in GC (→GE)

c2 in FE (→EE), contextual interpretation
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The structure of the figuration in the entire passage in the L.H. (bars 153-156 and 157-160), and particularly the comparison with analogous bar 159, indicate a mistake of the copyist in this place. The absence of a correction in GE may be attributed to the absent  before this note (although in a similar situation four bars later, a  before the respective note – c2 – was added). The sign is absent also in the majority of the sources featuring the note at the correct pitch – it was added only in EE2. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Terzverschreibung error , Errors of GC