Issues : Corrections in A

b. 14-16

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

Slurs in GC, interpretation (→GE)

Slurs in FE (→EE)

Our suggestion

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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. 23

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

Slur in GC, literal reading (→GE1)

Slur in FE (except FE5) & GE2mar (→GE2)

Slurs in EE

Our variant suggestion

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On the basis of analysis of all four analogous places – see bars 14-16 – in the main text we give slurs based on the version of FE and EE (FE5 does not include slurs here, which is a patent error). We suggest the slur at the transition between bars 22-23, which could have been added by Chopin in the base text to EE, in a variant form, in brackets.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in FE , Corrections in A , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC