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Slurs

b. 161-163

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

Slurs from 4th crotchet in the sources

Our alternative suggestion – slurs from 3rd crotchet

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Starting from the second slur in bar 162, the slurring of the sources is compatible with the accents – the accents fall on the beginnings of the motifs separated with slurs. No such compatibility in the case of the second slur in bar 161 and first in bar 162 may be a result of their omission by Chopin, while he was making transition from triplet to phrasing slurs in [A]. Therefore, we suggest a unified phrasing slurring as an alternative to the source version.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

b. 164-168

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

Slur to end of bar 168 in GC, $FE (→EE) & GE2

Slur to end of bar 161 in GE1

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The error in GE1 might have resulted from the inaccurate notation of GC – the slur in bar 166 (last in the system) only reaches to the last crotchet despite the slur in the subsequent bars distinctly indicating a continuation. In GE2 that notation was interpreted correctly.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 170-172

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

Two slurs in GC

Tenuto slur in FE (→EE)

One slur in GE

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The slurs in GC are written neglectfully, hence their meaning is unobvious – GE regarded them as parts of one slur. In the main text we give the slur of FE, displaying a characteristic, prolonged tenuto ending, analogous to the slur in the next phrase.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in GC , Tenuto slurs

b. 175-176

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

Slur in GC

Slur in FE (→EE)

Two slurs in GE

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The slurring of GC is certainly incomplete and it was completed already in GE. In the main text we give the slur of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 175-177

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

Slurs in GC

Slurs in FE (→EE)

Slurs in GE

Slurs suggested by the editors

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A comparison with FE, which is also based on [A], suggests that the earlier division of the slur in GC (→GE) is erroneous. The copyist's momentary distraction is also supported by the misplaced  hairpin, one bar too early (see the previous note). Irrespective of the position of the division of slur, we consider the interpretation of the sources that reproduced it as coinciding slurs to be inaccurate; in the main text we interpret the first slur as a tenuto-slur and end it still in b. 176. It corresponds to the notation of GC as well as to the slurs of FE in an analogous phrase 4 bars ago.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors of GC