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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt IV

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 39

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

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FE1 has an erroneous a as the 8th quaver in the R.H.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE 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. 46

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

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FE1 has an erroneous g as the 3rd quaver in the L.H. in bar 46+1. The correction of this mistake in FE2 was almost certainly performed by the reviser, as in the proofreading of FE3 Chopin deleted this bar, as well as the next one.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: 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