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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

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. 8

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

No marks in GC (→GE)

Short accents in FE (→EE)

Different accents suggested by the editors
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No accents in GC (→GE) is almost certainly an oversight of the copyist, who overlooked all signs between the staves in bars 7-13. The length of the 1st accent is confirmed by the notation of FE in bar 196, being a repetition of bar 8, and clearly longer signs in similar bar 28.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors of GC

b. 12

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

 in GC (→GE)

No sign in FE (→GE)
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No  sign in FE (→EE) is certainly an oversight of the engraver – there is a respective sign in analogous bar 200, but both bars were printed on the basis of the one and only notation of [A].

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 24

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

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In GC and FE (except for FE4) five necessary accidentals are missing – the naturals before d1, d2 and b and sharps before f2 and g2. This patent inaccuracy certainly stems from the notation of [A]. Three of them were added in EE1, four in FE4; only GE and EE2 include the correct notation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 25

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

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The naturals before the 3rd octave of the bar are only in EE, FE4 and GE2. Chopin's patent inaccuracy was completed by revisers in probably all cases (certainly in GE2).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC