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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt IV

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Main text
Main text
GC - Gutmann's Copy
Afin - Autograph fragment of Finale
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Second impression of FE
FE3 - Third impression of FE
FE4 - Fourth impression of FE
FESch - Scherbatoff Copy
FES - Stirling copy
FED - Dubois copy
FE5 - Second French edition
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE
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  b. 49

f1(2)-e1(2) in GC (→GE) & FE (→EE)

f1(2)-e1(2) in FES

Our variant suggestion

The flats added in FES seem to be written by two persons, out of which one could have been Chopin. The variant fits well into the figuration structure manner present in, e.g., bars 57-58. Next to two source versions, we suggest a text signalising both possibilities.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies, Annotations in FES

notation: Pitch

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