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b. 109-110

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

Two-bar slur in GC (→GE)

No slurs in FE1 (→FE2)

Slur in bar 110 in FE3 (→FE4) & EE1

Two slurs in EE2
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In GC (→GE) one slur embraces the part of the L.H. in both bars. The shorter slur, including only the reminiscence of the initial motif of the Sonata in bar 110, added by Chopin in the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4) and in the base text to EE, is certainly later and – according to us – it can be considered to be the final version.
The compiled version of EE2 cannot be authentic.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 109

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

 in GC (→GE)

No sign in FE (→EE)

() suggested by the editors
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The  hairpin in GC (→GE) must be authentic (it could have been added by Chopin). In the main text we give it in brackets, as Chopin did not add the sign both in the subsequent FE and in the base text to EE, despite proofreading, e.g. the slurs in this place. Therefore, the absence of  could have been accepted as emphasising a mild echo effect in bars 109-110. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 109-124

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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In A almost the entire reprise (bars 105-171) is written in an abbreviated manner, in the form of empty numerated bars, corresponding to bars 1-67.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 109-110

composition: Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

e1 not tied in A & GE1Ab

e1 tied in FE (→EE,GE1op→GE2op→GE3op) & GE2Ab
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According to us, both here and in bars 125-126, the absence of a tie sustaining e1 is an oversight of Chopin. The composer actually wrote out both pairs of bars in A, yet probably only due to the accent on e1, which is absent in bar 1. In any case, a tie added in a proofreading of FE clearly proves Chopin's final intention.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 109

composition: Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

No marking in AI & GE

in A (→FE→EE)
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The absence of  in both forms of GE, typeset independently, may mean that the indication was initially overlooked in FE, in which it was then added in the last phase of proofreading. It is even more likely, considering the fact that an identical situation concerns the accent in the previous bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions