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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt III

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Issues : GE revisions

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. 40

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

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In GC and FE1 (→FE2→FE3→FE5) there is no  before the 1st note in the R.H. This patent, from the harmonic point of view, mistake was corrected in GE, EE and FE4 (in the case of the last two editions, Chopin's proofreading cannot be excluded). A natural was added in FES too.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Annotations in FES , FE revisions , Last key signature sign , Errors of GC

b. 42

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

e in GC & GE2

g in GE1 (→GE2mar)

f in FE (→EE)
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Both the version of GC (introduced later in GE2) and of GE1 (→GE2mar) are most probably a mistake. In the main text, we give the only correct version of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Errors of GC

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

b. 45-46

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

  in GC

  in FE (→EE)

 & accent in GE1

  in GE2mar (→GE2)
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The present in these bars pair of   hairpins shows significant differences, as far as the range of both signs in particular sources is concerned. In the case of the first of them, we consider only the differences concerning the moment of beginning of the sign to be significant. We consider the versions of GC and FE – sources based on [A] – to be equal variants, out of which we choose the version of the base source (FE) to the main text. The differences in the range of the  hairpin that do not exceed one quaver seem to be unimportant; only their reproduction in GE1 as an accent is certainly a mistake.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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