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Issues : Authentic corrections in GC

b. 169-172

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

Pedalling in GC

No pedalling in FE (→EE1)

Pedalling in GE1

Pedalling in GE2

Pedalling in EE2
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The pedalling in GC was added by Chopin. GE1 recreated it incompletely and inaccurately, which was completed – inaccurately – in GE2. The pedalling of GE1 was repeated and completed also in EE2. Cf. bars 179-180, 189-191 and 193-198.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 171

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No slur in A (→FE1,EE)

Slur from 2nd semiquaver in GC (contextual interpretation)

Slur from 1st to last semiquaver in GC (possible interpretation→GE)

Slur from 1. semiquaver to next bar in FE2 (→FE3)
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Based on the slurs added most probably by Chopin in GC and FE2 (→FE3), the absence of the slur in A is probably an oversight of the composer, perhaps related to the transition to a new page in A. However, the range of the slur is questionable:

  • The beginning of the slur is unclear in GC. The composer's corrections in A in bars 169-170 militate in favour of beginning the slur from the 1st semiquaver – Chopin would move beginnings of slurs from the 1st to the 2nd semiquaver in similar figures. According to us, the counterargument in the form of the slur of FE2 is of less importance, since the text in that edition is so dense that the engraver could have easily misinterpreted a Chopinesque proofreading entry.
  • The ending of the slur is also dubious – both in GC and FE, the discussed bar ends the page, and the slur, which suggests continuation, is either deprived of continuation in the next bar (FE) or starts from the 1st semiquaver (GC). We consider a continuous slur to be much more likely in such a homogeneous notation, and this is how we interpret both GC and FE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 172

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No slur in A (→FE,EE)

Slur in GC (→GE)
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The slur over three L.H. quavers in the 2nd half of the bar was probably added in GC (→GE) by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

b. 177-180

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No slurs in A (→FE,EE)

Slurs in GC (→GE)
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Three consecutive, approximately one-bar-long slurs were writtne into GC (→GE) almost certainly by Chopin. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

b. 179-180

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

Pedalling in GC

No pedalling in FE (→EE1)

Pedalling in GE

Pedalling in EE2
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Same as in bars 169-172, Chopin added the pedalling in GC. In GE it was reproduced inaccurately, which was repeated – increasing the inaccuracies – in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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