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GC - Gutmann's Copy

FE - French edition

FE1 - First French edition

FE2 - Second impression of FE

FE3 - Third impression of FE

FE4 - Fourth impression of FE

FESch - Scherbatoff Copy

FES - Stirling copy

FED - Dubois copy

GE - German edition

GE1 - First German edition

GE2 - Corrected reprint of GE

EE - English edition

EE1 - First English edition

EE2 - Revised impression of EE

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b. 17-20

		Two in GC, interpretation
		No signs in FE (→EE1)
		One in GE # EE2
		Four suggested by the editors

The hairpin in bars 17-18 is written in GC (by Chopin?) in a way that is impossible to literally reproduce it in print and at the same time its meaning is ambiguous. Are the signs supposed to concern both voices of the R.H. or only one (which?)? Not having found a satisfactory answer to these questions, in the main text we adopt a solution applied by Chopin in similar bars 33-36. We also suggest adding a hairpin in bars 19-20. In the remaining sources the signs are absent, except for GE (and EE2) in bar 18.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I