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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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. 48-49

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

No signs in GC (→GE) & FE

Staccato dots to L.H. in EE
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The staccato dots for 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.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 51-53

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

Staccato dot in GC (→GE)

No marks in FE (→EE)

Two dots suggested by the editors
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The staccato dot over the 2nd crotchet in bar 51 was overlooked in FE (→EE), which is proved by its presence in the respective bar of the recapitulation (bar 239). In the main text, we suggest adding a dot also in analogous bar 53, which is certainly to be performed similarly.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 61

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

No dot in GC (→GE) & FE

Staccato dot in EE
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The staccato dot over the 1st octave was most probably added by Chopin in the base text to EE. According to us, the aim of its addition could have been a sui generis correction of a too early started slur – see the note above. Therefore, choosing the suggested by us alternative version of the slur, one does not have to take this dot into consideration.

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

issues: Authentic corrections of EE

b. 69-70

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

Two  signs in GC (→GE)

Two-bar  in FE (→EE)
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One  sign in FE (→EE) is most probably an arbitrary addition of the engraver of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions , Hairpins denoting continuation