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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt IV

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 40

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

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FE1 (→FE2) has an erroneous G as the last quaver in the L.H. The mistake was corrected both in the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4→FE5) and in the base text to EE. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , FE revisions

b. 42

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

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FE1 (→FE2) has an erroneous e as the 7th quaver in the L.H. The mistake was corrected both in the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4→FE5) and in the base text to EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , FE revisions

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

b. 59

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

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Chopin added the cautionary flats before c-c1 in GC (→GE). They were added – most probably on the basis of GE – also in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 63

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

A-a in GC (→GE) & FE (contextual interpretation)

A-a in EE

Our variant suggestion
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Before the 8th quaver in GC (→GE) and FE there are no accidentals: either a  restoring A or a  raising a to a. The first possibility – oversight of the cancellation of the sign – seems to be more likely than an oversight of an alteration (Chopin did not forget to, e.g., write flats before c and c1 on the 10th quaver). EE includes naturals here, which in this situation do not have to, however, come from Chopin, as the incompatibility of the parts of both hands required an editorial intervention, even if Chopin did not pay attention to it (the absence of a respective intervention in GE is surprising).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions