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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt III

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 16

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

 in GC & GE2mar (→GE2)

 in FE (→EE)

Accent in GE1
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It is not clear which of the sources based directly on [A] – GC and FE1 – conveyed the range more accurately and, as a consequence, also the sense of the  hairpin. Both versions have their stylistic advantages and can be convincingly justified, as far as the source aspects are concerned: 

  • The sign in FE clearly emphasises the culminant appogiatura of the melodic line. Chopin could have added it in [A] already after having prepared GC.
  • The sign in GC extends the culmination's release into the entire bar, somehow considering the counterpointing part of the L.H. The sign could have also been added by Chopin, if in [A] there were initially no dynamic signs here.

In the main text we give the  sign according to the base source, i.e. FE. The version of GC can be considered to be an equal variant.

The accent in GE1 is undoubtedly a result of misunderstanding of the notation of GC, which was corrected in GE2mar (→GE2).

Similarly in bars 24, 70 and 78.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions

b. 16

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

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In [A] (→GC,FE) Chopin overlooked the bass clef. The sign was added in GE and EE. Similarly in all repetitions of this place.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Errors of A , Errors of GC

b. 18

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

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In GC (→GE1) and FE there is no  raising g2 to g2. The frequently encountered in Chopin's works oversight was corrected in EE and GE2mar (→GE2). Similarly in bars 26, 72 and 80.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Last key signature sign , Errors of GC

b. 19

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

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In the main text we add cautionary flats before g, a and a1. A similar supplement was introduced in GE2mar (→GE) and EE2 ( before g was added already in GE1).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

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