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b. 7

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

No sign in GC (→GE)

 in FE (→EE)
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No  in GC (→GE) is almost certainly an oversight of the copyist, who apparently forgot to write dynamic indications between the staves in the entire line of the manuscript (bars 7-15 – cf. bars 8, 9-10, 11-12 and 12). It is a relatively frequent type of mistake, resulting from the logically ordered, gradual organisation of the writing process.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 7-8

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

Dotted rhythm in GC (→GE)

Quavers in FE (→EE)
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It is hard to state how the difference in the rhythm on the 1st beat of the bar occurred. The dotted rhythm in GC (→GE) seems to be a mistake of the copyist – the text is written uniformly, moreover, only bar 7 is written out with notes, as a result of which one, possible, mistake could have contributed to the change of the rhythm in both bars. On the other hand, Chopin's proofreading cannot be entirely excluded (a similar situation appears in Allegro de Concert, Op. 46, bar 17). In this situation, in the main text we give the version of FE (→EE), compatible with the unquestionable rhythm of analogous bars 11-12. Rhythmic variants of this type are to be found in numerous works by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC , Dotted or even rhythm

b. 7-8

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

Two equal  signs in GC

One  in FE

One longer  in GE1

Differing  in GE2mar (→GE2)

One shorter  in EE1

Differing  in EE2
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The notation of GC, representing the abbreviated notation of [A], indicates, according to us, two  signs. A similar conclusion was reached by the reviser of GE2mar (→GE2), whereas FE and GE1 give a hairpin only in bar 7. Interestingly, in an analogous situation in bars 11-12, all editions put the indications in both bars (yet they differ in the way of considering the pedalling). As far as the range of the signs is concerned, in the main text we adopt the averaged signs of GC and FE, as the present between them one semiquaver difference seems to be unimportant. The longer signs of GE and shorter of EE are probably an inaccuracy of interpretation of the base texts.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions

b. 7-30

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

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There are no slurs in As. We do not record the absence of these signs in further notes. Cf. notes on dynamic signs and pedalling.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 7-8

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

Two slurs in GC (→GE)

Two-bar slur in FE (→EE)
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The two-bar-long slur in FE (→EE) is most probably a result of an inaccurate interpretation of [A] (there are no traces of a possible correction in print) – see bars 65-66. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE