Issues : Authentic corrections in GC

b. 14-16

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

Slurs in GC, interpretation (→GE)

Slurs in FE (→EE)

Our suggestion

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The slur of GC, started on the last beat of bar 14, is not continued in bar 15 (on a new line). The simplest interpretation of this notation – as a continuous slur – was performed in GE. The version, analogous to the slur embracing the next phrase, may be considered to be an equal variant to the main text, suggested by us, based on a comparison of this place with its repetitions in bars 22-24, 68-70 and 76-78. The analysis leads to the conclusion that the ending of the slur in bar 14 and related to it absence of the slur at the transition between bars 14 and 15 in FE (→EE) and the beginning of the slur in bar 15 from the 1st crotchet in GC are certainly or highly likely non-authentic elements.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Corrections in A , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 14

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

Long accent in GC

No mark in FE (→EE1)

Short L.H. accent in GE

Long L.H. accent in EE2

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The accent in GC was probably added by Chopin. In GE, clearly against the manuscript, it was assigned to the L.H. and it was given a shape of a common, short accent. Such placed sign was repeated in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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

b. 16-17

composition: Op. 25 No 2, Etude in F minor

No markings in AT, AW & CDP

Pedalling in bar 16 in GC (→GE) & EE

Pedalling in bars 16-17 in FE

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Chopin added the pedalling in bar 16 in GC (→GE) and most probably in the base text to EE. The pedalling in both these bars in FE could have been a result of Chopin proofreading of this edition. After all, it is highly likely that we are dealing only with a difference in notation, as Chopin could have thought applying the pedalling of bar 16 in its literal repetition to be obvious. Similarly in analogous bars 35-36 and 39-40.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 16

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

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FE and EE1 have an as the 4th quaver of the bottom voice in the L.H. This patent error almost certainly happened to Chopin in [A], as the note on this pitch was initially written also in GC. Besides GC (→GE) the correct text was also introduced in EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 16

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

 

 in GE2 (→GE3)

No sign in EE

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In the main text we give the  hairpins in accordance with the Chopin entry in GC (→GE1). The composer was forced to correct the sign, written by the copyist an entire beat too far.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections in GC