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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GC

b. 208-209

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

Slur up to bar 209 in GC & FE (→EE)

Slur in bars 205-208 in GE
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The shorter slur of GE is, according to us, inaccurate, which can be partially attributed to the sweeping slur of GC.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 232

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

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In GC and FE1 (→FE2→FE3) there is no  before the top most note of the 3rd crotchet in the R.H. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE, EE and FE4. In all sources a  was unnecessarily repeated before g1 in the chord in the L.H.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

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
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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. 263-264

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

Pedalling in GC (literal reading) & GE2

Pedalling in GC (possible interpretation→GE1)

Another interpretation of GC suggested by the editors

Pedalling in FE (→EE)
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It is not certain who interpreted Chopin's intention in [A] more accurately – the copyist in GC (→GE) or the engraver of FE (→EE). According to us, an earlier change of pedal in FE seems to be less likely. The notation of GC may be interpreted in three ways, out of which the literal interpretation, adopted in GE2, is dubious from the pianistic point of view. The remaining two – given in GE1 and our main text – are natural from the pianistic point of view and can be considered to be equal. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 265-266

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

Arpeggio sign in bar 266 in GC (→GE)

Two arpeggio signs in FE (→EE)
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One missing arpeggio in GC (→GE) is probably a result of an oversight of the copyist.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC