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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 210

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

Shorter slur in GC

Longer slur in FE (→EE) & GE2

No slur in GE1
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The second R.H. slur in GC encompasses only two crotchets, which certainly exemplifies numerous inaccuracies committed by the copyist in notating slurs. The slur was omitted in GE1 (cf. bars 212-214), and reinstated in GE2 as a three-note-long one, analogous to the neighbouring slurs.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 212-213

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

2  in GC

1  in FE (→EE)

No signs in GE1

2  in GE2
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The absence of the  signs (diminuendo/long accent) in the 2nd half of bar 212 and at the beginning of bar 213 is certainly a mistake by the engraver of GE1. Similarly, we consider the omission of the second of these signs in FE (→EE) to be an error. GE2 added both signs, however, the one in the 2nd half of bar 212, which in GC is placed slightly earlier than the neighbouring ones, was erroneously assigned to the 3rd chord.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

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

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In GC (→GE1) the bar includes only 5 crotchets, as the copyist overlooked the third chord. The mistake was corrected in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 218

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

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The notation of accidentals in the penultimate chord in the R.H. in bar 218 is inaccurate in the sources. The  raising e2 to e2 is absent in all sources, whereas the  raising g2 to g2 is present only in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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