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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 162-163

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

Mark at the beginning of b. 163 in GC & GE2

No mark in GE1

Mark at the end of b. 162 in FE (→EE)
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It is difficult to say which of the sources based directly on [A] – FE and GC – reproduced Chopin's notation more accurately. Therefore, we give the version of the principal source, i.e. FE (→EE) – see Rules of creation of the main text. The missing mark in GE1 must be an oversight of the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

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. 165-166

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

 in bars 165-166 in GC & GE2

No sign in FE (→EE1)

 in bar 166 in GE1 & GE2
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In the main text we include the two-bar  sign written in GC and repeated in GE2. GE1 printed only a half of the sign on a new page, which, in turn, was repeated in EE2. No sign in FE (→EE1) is probably a result of the engraver's inaccuracy. Cf. bar 161.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 169

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

Slur in GC, literal reading

Arpeggio sign in GC, contextual interpretation

No sign in FE (→EE1)

Tie to grace note in GE & EE2
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The tie visible in GC before the chord means an arpeggio in this context. The version of GE, repeated then in EE2, is a result of a routine revision – the sign was moved to the side of the note head of the d1 grace note, which gave it a form of a tie sustaining the grace note (cf. the note on the part of the L.H.). No slur in FE (→EE1) is most probably an oversight.

FE1 includes an erroneous c1 as the grace note, which was corrected in the next impressions.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , FE revisions

b. 169

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

Slur up to f in GC

Slur up to B in FE (→EE)

Slur below notes in GE
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In the main text we reproduce the little slur running from the grace note in the version of GC, in this case probably closest to [A]. The little slur can be, according to us, interpreted as a conventional sign, by playing the grace note and the fifth, or as a B1-B-f arpeggio. The notation of FE (→EE) is most probably inaccurate (cf. the adjacent note), whereas of GE – routinely revised; at the same time, both eliminate the possibility of a double interpretation.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions