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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt III

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Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 20

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

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The correct notation of the trill in the 1st half of this bar and all its repetitions – bars 28, 74 and 82 – appeared in the sources (not including pupil's copies) only several years after the publication of the Sonata, in EE2 and GE2. The mistake was committed by Chopin, who in [A] (→GC→GE1→GE2mar,→FE1→FE2→EE2) wrote the trill minim as a G (with a cautionary ). The error was noticed in the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4,FE5), however, at the time of performing the correction, another mistake was committed, by moving the note mechanically together with the preceding it flat, which resulted in an F. The correct text was marked in all pupil's copies.
A similar mistake, consisting in writing the top second of the main note of the trill instead of the main one, from which the trill starts in this context, is to be find also in, e.g., the Bolero in A minor, Op. 19, bar 187.

In EE there is also no wavy line after the trill.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Errors in EE , Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Errors of A , Annotations in FES , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of GC

b. 28

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

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 28

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

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Similarly as in bar 20, Chopin's mistake in [A] caused that the correct notation of the trill appeared in the editions – despite the proofreading of FE3 – only in GE2 and EE2. The mistake was corrected in all pupil's copies.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Annotations in FES , Authentic corrections of FE , Annotations in FESch

b. 30

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

Crotchet in GC (→GE) & FE (→EE)

Quavers in FES
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The written in FES version with a chromatic, quaver progression of the bass constitutes a diversification of the transition to the D major section, referring to the ending of bar 22, same as the original transition refers to bar 14.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES , Authentic post-publication changes and variants

b. 31-34

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

Fingering written into FESch

No teaching fingering
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The fingering in the L.H. in bars 31 and 34, which may come from Chopin, was written in FESch. Similarly in bars 33, 35-36, 39-40, 43 and 46. Cf. the Nocturne in C minor, Op. 27 No. 1, bars 13-14.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FESch