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Issues : Authentic corrections of EE

b. 164-168

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

Slur over L.H. in GC (→GE)

Unfinished slur in FE

Slur from 2nd beat in EE

Completion of slur in FE suggested by the editors
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The slur of GC (→GE) includes only this part of the five-bar-long melodic passage whose performance Chopin assigned to the left hand. It is certainly an inaccuracy, perhaps repeated after [A] (the original version?). In turn, a respective slur in FE is broken at the end of the text's line and most probably it was supposed to be led to the end of the phrase (Chopin could have extended it in [A] already after having prepared GC). There is no doubt it is necessary to embrace the entire passage with a slur, if we take into consideration the authentic slurring of analogous phrases. Both possibilities of starting the slur – from the first or second beat of bar 164 – can be considered to be equal.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 165

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

in FE1, EE, GE2 (→GE3)

No marking in FE0 (→FEG→GE1)
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Chopin added the  mark in base texts to FE and EE, they were also added in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 172-177

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

Slur from 1. beat in GC (→GE)

No slur in FE

Slur from 1. beat in EE
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Both versions of the beginning of the slur may be authentic and they can be considered to be equal.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of EE

b. 172

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

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FE has no  restoring f on the last crotchet. The mistake went unnoticed in consecutive corrections of FE, as well as in pupils' copies. However, it cannot be ruled out that the sign added in EE was indicated by the composer.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 173

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

d1-e1 in FE (→FEG→GE1)

d1-e1-g1 in EE & GE2 (→GE3)
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The d1-e1 second featured in FE and GE1 is the original version, which is proven by the comparison with the remaining four analogous places in bars 49, 81, 113 and 269. In three out of five places Chopin added to it a g1 note in FEG (→GE). In EE the completed version with the d1-e1-g1 chord is in all five places, which also proves Chopin's proofreading. Therefore, the fact of leaving the original version of the discussed bar in FE and GE1 must be considered as Chopin's oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accompaniment changes , Omitted correction of an analogous place , Authentic corrections of EE