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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. 164

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

Quaver e in A

Crotchet e in FE (→GE,EE)

Our suggestion
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Taking into account the double, compatible correction of Chopin in bars 12 and 60, we consider the version of the editions in this place to be non-authentic. The engraver of FE probably generalised the extension of quavers falling on the main beats of the bar, which could have been both a mistake and a revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 164-168

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

Slur to end of bar 168 in GC, $FE (→EE) & GE2

Slur to end of bar 161 in GE1
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The error in GE1 might have resulted from the inaccurate notation of GC – the slur in bar 166 (last in the system) only reaches to the last crotchet despite the slur in the subsequent bars distinctly indicating a continuation. In GE2 that notation was interpreted correctly.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 164

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

Accent over c3 in A

Accent over third in GE (→FE→EE)

Our alternative suggestion (long accent)
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The accent in A certainly concerns c3, and not the d2-f2 third, as it was reproduced in the editions (cf. analogous bar 314 in the recapitulation). It is also unclear what kind of accent Chopin meant here, long or short. The sign is very similar to the short accents at the beginning of bars 162 and 164, yet it also does not differ significantly from the long accents in bars 159 and 161. Since the accent in an analogous bar in the recapitulation is clearly long, we suggest a version with such an accent also in this place.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 164

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

No slurs in A

Slurs from 1st quaver in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Slurs from 2nd quaver in GE2
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The absence of slurs in this bar is undoubtedly Chopin's mistake in A. The slurs – half-bar-long – were added already in GE1 (→FE→EE), by analogy with adjacent bars. However, it is highly unlikely that such a range would correspond to Chopin's intention – cf. bar 159.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A