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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt III

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b. 12-13

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

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Same as in bars 2, 5 and 8, in GC the repeating fragments of these bars – parts of both hands in bar 12 and part of the L.H. in bar 13 – are marked in an abbreviated manner with •/• signs. The interpretation of this notation, certainly repeated after [A], is not entirely clear – see bars 11-13.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 14

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

Quavers in GC & FE (→EE)

Dotted rhythm in GE
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The dotted rhythm in GE is most probably either a mistake or revision, perhaps resulting from the conviction that the notation of GC is inaccurate – in the same figure there are no dots extending the first octave of the bar. Similarly in bar 68.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Dotted or even rhythm

b. 14-16

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

Slurs in GC, interpretation (→GE)

Slurs in FE (→EE)

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The slur of GC, started on the last beat of bar 14, is not continued in bar 15 (on a new line). The simplest interpretation of this notation – as a continuous slur – was performed in GE. The version, analogous to the slur embracing the next phrase, may be considered to be an equal variant to the main text, suggested by us, based on a comparison of this place with its repetitions in bars 22-24, 68-70 and 76-78. The analysis leads to the conclusion that the ending of the slur in bar 14 and related to it absence of the slur at the transition between bars 14 and 15 in FE (→EE) and the beginning of the slur in bar 15 from the 1st crotchet in GC are certainly or highly likely non-authentic elements.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Corrections in A , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 14

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

Long accent in GC

No mark in FE (→EE1)

Short L.H. accent in GE

Long L.H. accent in EE2
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The accent in GC was probably added by Chopin. In GE, clearly against the manuscript, it was assigned to the L.H. and it was given a shape of a common, short accent. Such placed sign was repeated in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 14

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

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GC included a D-G-d chord as the last crotchet in the L.H. (cf. bar 68). The mistake was corrected, however, it is hard to say whether it was an autocorrection of the copyist or Chopin's intervention. In any case, the person who performed the correction wrote an A1-A octave (with ink), yet he forgot, as it seems, to delete the corrected chord, because it was obliterated with pencil, perhaps only by the engraver. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Alterations in GC