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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

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b. 8

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

a in chord in GC (→GE) & FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4) 

a in chord in FE1
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The version with a in FE1 is certainly not intended by Chopin, which is proved by the  before the note in the respective bar of the recapitulation, which was not written in the base text to FE, as well as the compatible text of the remaining sources in the discussed bar. The engraver, instead of a , wrote an erroneous  before this note (unjustified in this context).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions

b. 8

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

No marks in GC (→GE)

Short accents in FE (→EE)

Different accents suggested by the editors
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No accents in GC (→GE) is almost certainly an oversight of the copyist, who overlooked all signs between the staves in bars 7-13. The length of the 1st accent is confirmed by the notation of FE in bar 196, being a repetition of bar 8, and clearly longer signs in similar bar 28.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors of GC

b. 9-10

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

No sign in GC (→GE)

 in FE (→EE)
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No  in GC (→GE) is almost certainly an oversight of the copyist, who overlooked all signs between the staves in bars 7-13.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 10-11

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

No tie in GC (→GE) & FE (→EE)

Tie suggested by the editors
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In the main text we give a tie sustaining b2 on the basis of the most probably Chopin proofreading of FE4 in analogous bars 198-199. The situations, in which Chopin overlooks one of a few analogous places at the time of implementing corrections is not unusual – cf., e.g., the Etude in G major, Op. 10 No. 5, bar 4, Etude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10, bar 87 or Waltz in A major, Op. 42, bar 81. An additional argument is the sustention of a2 in a musically and pianistically similar situation in bars 30-31.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 11-12

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

No marks in GC (→GE)

Long accents in FE

Short accents in EE
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No accents in GC (→GE) is almost certainly an oversight of the copyist, who overlooked all signs between the staves in bars 7-13. The short accents in EE are certainly a result of the standard interpretation of the notation of FE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE inaccuracies , Errors of GC