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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Errors of GC

b. 158-159

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

1 accent in GC

2 accents in FE (→EE)

No marks in GE
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Missing accents in GC & GE were most probably overlooked.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Errors of GC

b. 159

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

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In GC and FE (→EE1) there is no flat lowering c2 to c2 in the L.H. The obvious inaccuracy was corrected in GE & EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Errors of GC , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 161-162

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

d-g in GC & FE1

d-g with tie in GE

c-g in FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4)
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The version with d as the lower note of the L.H. dyads in the middle of each of these bars, although seemingly erroneous (cf. an analogous figure at the turn of bar 163), may have occurred in [A] since both the copyist and the engraver of FE1 twice read it this way. The notation in the autograph was possibly unclear here, e.g. as a result of some corrections making it difficult to discriminate between visually similar figures (cf. a mistaken slur in the adjacent figure). Stylistic arguments favour the version with c – repeating the note d results in an irregularity:

  • of voice leading – in bars 161-164 all the other pairs of octaves are accompanied by a parallel voice a third or sixth apart;
  • of pianistic texture – in the remaining L.H. dyads the common notes are always tied.

The tie between both notes d in bar 161 is almost certainly an arbitrary addition by GE.

Therefore, we regard as correct only the version with c introduced into FE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 161-162

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

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In GC (→GE) there is a phrase mark instead of a tie to e in the L.H. It is most probably a copyist's mistake (cf. next bar),

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 174-175

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

 in bar 174 in GC (→GE)

 in bar 175 in FE (→EE1)

2  in EE2
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A comparison with FE, which is also based on [A], suggests that the  hairpin in GC (→GE) was misplaced – cf. b. 171. The copyist's momentary distraction is also supported by the fact that the slur ends too early (see the next note). Two marks in EE2 probably result from a comparison with the version of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors of GC