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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

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b. 193

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

One-bar  in GC (→GE)

Sign reaching bar 194 in FE (→EE)
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One longer  sign in FE (→EE), including also bar 194, is most probably an arbitrary decision of the engraver of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions , Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 194-224

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

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In GC the bars are not written out – see the note in bar 189. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 194

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

One-bar  in GC (→GE)

Sign continued in FE (→EE)
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Adding  in FE (→EE) to the sign in bar 193 is most probably an arbitrary decision of the engraver of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions , Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 195-197

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

Two slurs in GC (→GE)

Slur in FE (→EE)

Alternative editors' suggestion

Another alternative editors' suggestion
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The two sources versions of slurring in these bars do not exhaust all the potentially authentic combinations of slurs – see bars 7-9. Therefore, as an alternative we suggest two more possibilities – a supplementation to the FE version, and a version analogous to the probably authentic EE slur added in bars 7-9.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 196

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

No marks in GC (→GE)

Different accents in FE

Short accents in EE
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In the main text we give accents of different length according to FE. The lack of such difference in EE is a typical inaccuracy of Chopin's first editions, and no accents in GC (→GE) is an oversight of the copyist (cf. bar 8).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE inaccuracies