mUltimate Chopin

Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

Text Compare Notes Sources Description

Issues : Errors in GE

b. 259-260

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

Pedalling in GC & GE2

No pedal signs in GE1

Pedalling in FE (incomplete)

Pedalling in EE

Our suggestion
..

In the main text we give a pedalling based on GC, in which we move the  sign in bar 259, written by the copyist probably one quaver too early, to the 3rd beat of the bar, in accordance with the harmonic sense. According to us, the authenticity of the pedalling of EE cannot be excluded, which, as a result, can be considered to be equivalent. The oversight of the aforementioned  in FE is a patent mistake, however, in the absence of sufficient premises, the place where it should be added cannot be indicated. Moreover, patent oversights of the engravers are the absence of the  sign at the end of bar 260 in FE and the total absence of the pedalling in GE1, which, in GE2 was precisely corrected after GC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 266-273

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

Indications in GC & GE2

Only dim. in GE1

Indications in FE (→EE)
..

In the main text, we give dim. indication already in bar 266, according to GC (→GE). Its later occurrence in FE (→EE) could have been due to the new line starting at bar 267. The lack of the later indications – rallentando and lento – is certainly a result of engraver's oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 271-272

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

..

In GE1 the last of the slurs encompassing the three-note motifs was overlooked.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 275-276

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

in GC

No sign in FE (→EE) & GE
..

The  hairpin was probably added in GC by Chopin. The missing sign in GE is certainly a mistake of the engraver who perhaps was not sure where to put the sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections in GC