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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt III

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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. 41-42

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

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In the main text we add cautionary flats before e2 in bar 41 and e1 in bar 42.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

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. 43-64

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

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Amar, the autograph of a fragment of the middle section of Marche, includes only bars 31-38, hence it is included in the notes only in these bars.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Incomplete sources

b. 45

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

e in GC (→GE), FE1 (→FE2→EE) & FES

g in FE3 (→FE4,FE5)
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Chopin most probably hesitated between e and g on the 2nd quaver in the L.H. Initially – in [A] and the sources based on it – he wrote an e, which he then changed to g in the proofreading of FE3. However, he deleted the latter in FES, restoring e. According to us, both versions are generally equal, whereas in the main text we give the version with which Chopin started and to which he probably eventually returned.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Chopin's hesitations , Annotations in FES , Authentic corrections of FE