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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

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b. 271-272

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

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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. 272-273

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

Slur from bar 272 in GC (literal reading→GE) & FE (→EE)

Slur from bar 273 in GC (probable interpretation)
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In the editors' opinion, starting the slur from the last crotchet of bar 272 does not conform to Chopin's intention. Three preceding bars are notated in GC only as a repetition of bar 269; the same was certainly true for [A]. In such a situation it seems probable that the slur over bars 273-276 was supposed to encompass only the written out phrase taken from the middle section of the Scherzo.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

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. 276-277

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

Slur up to beginning of bar 277 in GC & FE (contextual interpretation)

Slur up to beginning of bar 276 in GE

Slur up to end of bar 276 in FE (literal reading→EE)
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Leading the slur in GC until bar 277 is obvious, in spite of the lack of the slur's ending in a new line – in bar 276 (at the end of the line) both the slur and the tie of b1 go far beyond the bar line and none of them is finished afterwards, which points to an oversight of the person who was writing. The fact of shortening the slur in GE must be then considered a missed revision. In FE the situation is analogous to GC – both curved lines, reaching the end of the line in bar 266, suggest continuation, which, however, does not follow (FE4 finished the tie). In spite of this, the engraver of EE interpreted each of these curved lines differently – the tie is led to b1 in bar 277 but the phrase mark only to bar 266.
From the practical point of view, all three notations mean the same thing.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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