mUltimate Chopin

Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

Text Compare Notes Sources Description

Issues : Errors in FE

b. 221

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

c3 in GC (→GE)

No c3 in chord in FE (→EE)
..

Same as in bar 219, the absence of the c3 note in the 2nd chord is certainly an oversight of the engraver of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 222-224

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

Slur in GC

No slur in FE! (→FE2)

Slur in GE & FE3 (→FE4)

Slur in EE
..

The slur added – most probably by Chopin – in the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4) clearly shows that according to the composer's intention, it was not supposed to reach the next bar. The longer slur of EE may be considered in this situation an inaccurate interpretation of the slur added in the base text by Chopin (cf. bars 36-37) or an editorial revision on the basis of the analogous place of the first section of Scherzo.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE , Tenuto slurs

b. 228-229

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

No accidentals in GC & FE1 (→FE2→EE1)

Naturals in GE, FE3 (→FE4) & EE2
..

The absence of the naturals raising g(1) to g(1) is almost certainly a mistake of Chopin who partially corrected his error in the proofreading of FE3 by adding a  on the 2nd crotchet in bar 228. In FE4 the second necessary  was added, yet both signs are only in GE and EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions

b. 230-231

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

..

The natural before the 5th quaver in the L.H. in bar 230 (c1) was added only in GE2. The natural before the 1st quaver in bar 231 (d1) is absent in FE; it was added in EE. The sign is also in GC, in which it is added by Chopin's hand (in bar 43), and in GE, which is based on it.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 239-242

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

..

The pedalling of these bars in FE and GE1 includes mistakes and inaccuracies:

  • in FE there is no  sign in bar 241 (a patent mistake);
  • in GE1 there are no  signs in bars 239-240 and the entire pedalling in bars 241-242 (and subsequent ones).

We give the unambiguous indications of GC and EE and GE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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