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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

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b. 42-43

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

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The natural before the 5th quaver in the L.H. in bar 42 (c1) was added only in GE2. There is no natural before the 1st quaver in bar 43 (d1) in FE (→EE1); Chopin added it in GC (→GE), which was repeated in EE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 44

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

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In GC and FE (→EE1) there is no  before the top most note of the 3rd crotchet in the R.H. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE and EE2. In all sources, the  before g1 in the L.H. was unnecessarily repeated. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 45-49

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

No indication in GC (→GE) & FE

in EE
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In the main text we include the cresc. - - indication, added most probably by Chopin in the base text to EE. Similarly in bars 233-237.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of EE

b. 46-49

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

Long accents &  in GC (→GE)

Long accents in bars 46-47 in FE

5 short accents in EE1

6 short accents in EE2

Long accents in bars 47 & 49 suggested by the editors
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The differentiated source versions of the signs of a dynamic character – accents and  – is a result of overlapping of possible mistakes (e.g., no signs in FE in bars 48-49), inaccuracies (short accents in EE) and revision (repetition of the signs from the top stave on the bottom in EE1, addition of an accent in bar 48 in EE2), as well as Chopin corrections. The composer may have added signs in bars 48-49 in GC and he almost certainly completed the notation of EE, by adding in a copy of FE2, being the base text to this edition, an accent in bar 49 (together with cresc. - -). In the main text we suggest indications modelled after the similarly completed version of EE1 in bars 234-237, in which the indications added by Chopin do not interfere neither with the previous ones of FE, nor with the ones added by the reviser.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections in GC , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 46-49

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

No signs in GC (→GE) & FE

L.H. slurs in EE
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Separate slurs of the L.H., repeated after the authentic signs in the part of the R.H., are almost certainly an addition of the revision of EE. The addition is not necessary here, as in this type of texture, both the slurs and dots written over the R.H. are valid also in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions