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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

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Issues : Errors of GC

b. 264

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

Octave in GC (→GE)

Chord in FE (→EE)
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The comparison with analogous motifs in a few places of Scherzo proves that the missing g2 note on the last crotchet is almost certainly a mistake of the copyist. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 273-282

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

Two slurs in GC (→GE)

Interpretation of slurs in GC suggested by the editors

Slur from bar 276 in FE

Complement to slur in FE

Slur from bar 273 in EE

Another interpretation of slurs in GC
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Beginning the slur of GC (→GE) in bar 275 is most probably a mistake – cf. the slur of FE, beginning one bar later. However, the intention of the writer could have been combining this slur with the slur in bar 273. We include this possibility also due to the slur of EE, which is most probably a result of Chopin's extension of the slur of FE2 in the base text to EE. While the idea of embracing all the discussed bars with one slur does not raise any doubts, the moment of starting the slur could be misinterpreted by the engravers of EE (cf. the note on analogous situations in the middle section of Scherzo). The suggestion of completing the version of FE results from the conviction that the omission of the slur in bar 273 was not intended in this edition. Except for the first of the aforementioned versions, each of the remaining ones can be considered to be corresponding to Chopin's intention on a certain stage of shaping the notation of this phrase.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 283-287

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

g in chord in GC (→GE)

b in chord in FE (→EE)
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It is one of the places in which the performance and concert tradition, shaped to a significant extent on GE and established by the deeply rooted for many decades belief that GC is Chopin's autograph, most probably conveys an erroneous text. The absence of visible corrections in the sources based directly on [A] – GC and FE – means that one of the versions is most probably erroneous. The significant majority of arguments supports the correctness of the chord with b, which we thereby give in the main text.  

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors of GC