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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt IV

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Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 49

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

f1(2)-e1(2) in GC (→GE) & FE (→EE)

f1(2)-e1(2) in FES

Our variant suggestion
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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.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 51

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

g(1) in GC (→GE), EE & FED

g(1) suggested by the editors

g(1) in FE
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In FE there are no flats restoring g and g1 on the 5th quaver. As respective signs are before the 9th quaver (in all sources), the version, with g and g1 on the 5th quaver, formally does not contain a mistake. In spite of this, it seems to be much more likely that it is a mistake that happened to Chopin in [A] – in GC (→GE) the composer added the overlooked flats, the signs were also added in EE and FED, which, in both cases, may come from Chopin. Therefore, we are dealing with a too late placement of sign, which is not an isolated case – cf., e.g., the Etude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8, bar 43. In the main text, we do not include the superfluous flats in the 2nd half of the bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Omissions to cancel alteration , Authentic corrections in GC