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Issues : Alterations in GC

b. 1

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

 in GC (→GE)

No marking in FE (→EE)
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It is hard to state which of the performance indications at the beginning of the Scherzo –  in GC (→GE) or the accent in FE (→EE) – is later. Since both signs do not appear simultaneously in any of the sources, we do not try to combine them, while in the main text we adopt the version of the base source, i.e. FE (without , only the accent).

Before the 1st crotchet of the piece, in GC one can see a deleted indication, probably risoluto.   

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Alterations in GC , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 13

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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The bottom note of the second chord in the R.H. was certainly corrected in GC from d1 to e1. It is hard to state clearly whether it is Gutmann's own correction or whether it was Chopin that noticed and corrected the wrong pitch while reviewing GC. Similar ambiguities resulting from corrected pitches of some notes appear repeatedly in the entire Ballade, yet in the majority of cases it is possible to determine what the original pitch was and to which one it was corrected. In some places the ambiguous pitch of a note in GC was misinterpreted and copied to GE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in GC , Alterations in GC

b. 14

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

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GC included a D-G-d chord as the last crotchet in the L.H. (cf. bar 68). The mistake was corrected, however, it is hard to say whether it was an autocorrection of the copyist or Chopin's intervention. In any case, the person who performed the correction wrote an A1-A octave (with ink), yet he forgot, as it seems, to delete the corrected chord, because it was obliterated with pencil, perhaps only by the engraver. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Alterations in GC

b. 16

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

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At the end of the bar, in the part of the L.H., Chopin deleted the  in GC misplaced before c1 and he wrote the sign before a.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Alterations in GC , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 18

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

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In FE1 two mistakes were committed in this bar, corrected in the subsequent impressions: on the 4th quaver of the bar there is a1-e2 instead of g1-e2 and f1-g2 instead of f1-f2 on the 6th quaver. The remaining sources include the correct text (in GC one can see a correction of the top note on the 4th quaver of the bar from f2 to e2).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions , Alterations in GC