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Issues : Authentic corrections in GC

b. 1-30

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

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In GC bars 1-69 are provided with numbers (numbers of bars). The numeration is a part of the abbreviated notation of bars 189-257 as a repetition of a respective fragment of the initial section. This manner of notation, characteristic for Chopin, was certainly used also in [A].

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 3-4

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

Eight accents in GC (→GE) & EE

Eight  in FE
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 indications in FE is the original version – in GC one can see that Chopin deleted all of them and replaced them with accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

b. 4

composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major

c1-d1-f1 in GC (→GE) & EE

a-c1-f1 in FE
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The version of FE is earlier – in GC one can see a correction, in which a was deleted, while d1 probably added. A similar change might have been introduced to the base text to EE. According to us, both versions are stylistically more or less equal, and ten years later Chopin did not see a reason to change the original version in pupil's copies.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 4

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

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FE (except for FE4) lacks in five necessary accidentals – naturals before d2 and b and sharps before f, f2 and g2. This patent inaccuracy certainly has its source in the notation of [A]. Similarly in GC, in which, however, Chopin added a  raising b to b. In GC (→GE) there are also no naturals before the last octave in the R.H. – it can be an oversight of the copyist or a later addition in [A]. In the remaining sources the signs were completed (all additions can be attributed to a revision): three were added in EE1 and FE4, four in GE; only EE2 includes the correct notation. Cf. bar 24.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 4

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

No grace note in GC (→GE)

Grace note in FE (→EE)

Our variant suggestion
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It is not clear whether Chopin wanted to have a grace note already in this bar – it appears without any doubts in bars 10, 22, 30 and analog. The ornament was deleted – most probably by Chopin – in GC, yet it remained in FE despite a few corrections and visible traces of development in pupil's copies. Due to these reasons, in the main text we suggest a variant solution.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Authentic corrections in GC