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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 213

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

No marking in GC (→GE) & FE1 (→FE2→EE1)

in FE3 (→FE4) & EE2
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Chopin added the  indication in the proofreading of FE3 (→FE2). It was repeated also in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 215-218

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

Slurs of different lengths in GC

7 slurs in FE1 (→FE2)

8 slurs in FE3 (→FE4) & EE

3 slurs in GE1

Slurs of different lengths in GE2
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Same as in the previous bars, the slurring of GC is very careless in these bars. GE1 printed only three slurs, which was completed in GE2, almost literally reproducing GC. The remaining editions contain correct slurs, only FE1 (→FE2) overlooked the slur at the transition between bars 217 and 218.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 217

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

d1 in GC (→GE), FE3 (→FE4) & EE

No d1 in FE1 (→FE2)
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No d1 notes in the 3rd and 4th chords in the R.H. is certainly a mistake of the engraver of FE1 (→FE2), corrected by Chopin in FE3 (→FE4) and the base text to EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 219

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

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The  raising c2 to c2 at the end of bar appears only in FESch (written in), FE4 and EE2. The absence of this accidental constitutes an undoubted oversight by Chopin in [A] – cf. e2 and not e2 in an analogous passage in bars 91-92.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Annotations in FESch

b. 220

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

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In FE1 (→FE2→FE3) the 1st note in the L.H. is an A. The mistake was corrected in FESch, EE and FE4, the correct G is also in GC (→GE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE , Annotations in FESch