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b. 219

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

No marks in the sources

Staccato marks suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest adding staccato signs after analogous bar 91.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 219-220

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

2 slurs in GC (literal reading→GE)

Continuous slur in GC (contextual interpretation) & FE→EE)
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The version of GE probably results from a misinterpretation of the notation of GC – in this manuscript, b. 219 ends a great stave, and the slur, due to the discontinuation of ink flow, is poorly visible, hence it seems that it does not go beyond the last crotchet. However, the slur in b. 220 very clearly suggests continuation, which is confirmed by a continuous slur in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 219

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

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The  raising c2 to c2 at the end of bar appears only in FESch (written in), FE4 and EE2. The absence of this accidental constitutes an undoubted oversight by Chopin in [A] – cf. e2 and not e2 in an analogous passage in bars 91-92.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Annotations in FESch

b. 219

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

e2 in A (→GE→FE)

e2 in EE
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The addition introduced in EE, most probably due to e in the L.H., is, however, certainly erroneous: raising the bottom note in a roulade, independently from the chord being its harmonic background, is rather a rule than an exception.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 219

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

Dot in A & GE2

Accent in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The c2 note is provided with a staccato dot in A; however, it was omitted in GE1 (→FE→EE), which is most probably an oversight. In turn, the accent under the note appearing in those editions could have been added by Chopin. However, according to us, in this case it is also a mistake of the engraver that is more likely, since accenting c2 diverts attention from the syncopation opening the next two-bar phrase. Therefore, in the main text we leave the notation of A (restored in GE2). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE