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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt III

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Issues : Authentic corrections of EE

b. 17-18

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

No signs in GC (→GE) & FE

 & accent in EE

  suggested by the editors
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The   signs are only in EE, added most probably by Chopin in the base text to this edition. The sign in bar 18, having a form of an accent under the chord on the 2nd beat of the bar, is almost certainly a result of misunderstanding of the entry of Chopin – in the original graphical layout the chords in the L.H. are divided between both staves, as a result of which the  written between the staves can be understood as referring to the L.H. only (similarly in bar 26). In the main text we suggest a much more likely interpretation of these signs, given in EE in the recapitulation (bars 72 and 80).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 22

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

No slur in GC (→GE) & FE

Slur in EE

Our variant suggestion
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The slur in EE could have been added by Chopin. As an editorial revision is, however, also possible, in the main text we suggest a variant solution with a slur in brackets.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of EE

b. 25-26

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

No signs in GC (→GE) & FE

 & accent in EE

  suggested by the editors
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 28-29

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

Accent on G in GC (→GE) & FE

Four accents in EE

Our variant suggestion
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In all sources there is an accent under G, whereas the three subsequent accents under F, D and B1 were probably added by Chopin in the base text to EE. In the main text we include them in a variant form. A similar measure was introduced in EE in Scherzo, bars 56-57 and analog.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of EE

b. 35

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

d1 in Amar, GC (→GE) & FE

f1 in EE
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The version of EE was introduced – most probably by Chopin – in the base text to this edition. The version with d1 offers a more distinct harmonic progression of the accompaniment, in the version with f1 thanks to the omission of the doubling of the leading note, the sound of the ending of the bar is smoother. It cannot be excluded that Chopin was not entirely sure about each of these versions (Chopin's hesitation in a similar situation can be found in, e.g., the Nocturne in F minor, Op. 48 No. 2, bars 24 and 52). Similarly in bar 51. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of EE