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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt III

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b. 24

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

 in GC

 in FE (→EE)

No sign in GE1

 in GE2mar (→GE2)
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The  signs in GC and FE may be considered to be equal variants. Due to the reasons discussed in bar 16, in the main text we give the version of FE. The absence of the sign in GE1 is a patent error, corrected inaccurately (arbitrarily) in subsequent GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 25-26

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

No signs in GC (→GE) & FE

 & accent in EE

  suggested by the editors
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 28-29

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

Accent on G in GC (→GE) & FE

Four accents in EE

Our variant suggestion
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In all sources there is an accent under G, whereas the three subsequent accents under F, D and B1 were probably added by Chopin in the base text to EE. In the main text we include them in a variant form. A similar measure was introduced in EE in Scherzo, bars 56-57 and analog.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of EE

b. 36

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

Staccato dot in Amar

No mark in GC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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In Amar g2 in the middle of the bar is provided with a staccato dot. In the final version Chopin most probably considered this indication to be excessive or simply unnecessary in the situation where the phrasing is already indicated with the slurs.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 45

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

Long accent in GC & GE2

 in FE (→EE)

No sign in GE1 (→GE2mar)
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It is not clear whether according to Chopin the sign at the beginning of the bar was supposed to be a long accent, as it can be considered on the basis of GC and GE2, or rather a diminuendo, as it was written in FE (→EE). Taking into account the fact that in each of the cases the sign refers to the R.H., the difference in the performance may be imperceptible. To the main text we adopt an interpretation of the base source, i.e. FE.
The absence of the sign in GE1 (→GE2mar) is undoubtedly an oversight.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in GE , GE revisions