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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

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Issues : Authentic corrections in GC

b. 1

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

 in GC (→GE)

No marking in FE (→EE)
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It is hard to state which of the performance indications at the beginning of the Scherzo –  in GC (→GE) or the accent in FE (→EE) – is later. Since both signs do not appear simultaneously in any of the sources, we do not try to combine them, while in the main text we adopt the version of the base source, i.e. FE (without , only the accent).

Before the 1st crotchet of the piece, in GC one can see a deleted indication, probably risoluto.   

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Alterations in GC , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 1-30

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

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In GC bars 1-69 are provided with numbers (numbers of bars). The numeration is a part of the abbreviated notation of bars 189-257 as a repetition of a respective fragment of the initial section. This manner of notation, characteristic for Chopin, was certainly used also in [A].

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 4

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

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FE (except for FE4) lacks in five necessary accidentals – naturals before d2 and b and sharps before f, f2 and g2. This patent inaccuracy certainly has its source in the notation of [A]. Similarly in GC, in which, however, Chopin added a  raising b to b. In GC (→GE) there are also no naturals before the last octave in the R.H. – it can be an oversight of the copyist or a later addition in [A]. In the remaining sources the signs were completed (all additions can be attributed to a revision): three were added in EE1 and FE4, four in GE; only EE2 includes the correct notation. Cf. bar 24.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 21-25

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

Articulation marks in bar 21 in GC (→GE)

No marks in FE

Articulation marks in 3 bars in EE
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The articulation signs – dots and accents – in bar 21 could have been added in GC (→GE) by Chopin. They are probably to be considered to be valid also in the subsequent similar bars, namely 23 and 25-27. The idea was partially implemented in EE, in which the same indications were added in bars 21, 23 and 25, which can be ascribed to Chopin's intervention in the base text to this edition. See also bars 210-213.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections in GC , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 34

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

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In the main text we give two accents written in GC, since the top one (short) could have been added there by Chopin, despite the presence of the bottom one (long).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC