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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 218-219

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

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GC includes identical sets of accidentals in the last chord in the R.H. in bar 218 and the first one in bar 219 – a  before the top bottom note (d2) and a  raising g2 to g2. In GE1, the  in bar 218 was printed before e2, which has to be considered to be a mistake, as the sign before d2 was placed correctly, whereas the  before e2 should have been already in the previous chord. In GE2 it was noticed that in bar 219 the  is supposed to concern the adjacent note, e2, however, the erroneous notation of bar 218 was left unchanged. FE (→EE) include the correct notation.

It is worth observing that in GC and FE the  before g2 in the last chord in bar 218 is not unnecessary, as the sign is absent in the previous crotchet.

In the main text, we add a cautionary  before d3 in bar 218. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 220-221

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

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In [A], there was neither  raising g3 to g3 in the last crotchet of bar 220 nor  raising e3 to e3 at the beginning of bar 221. These obvious inaccuracies were only corrected in some sources –  was added in FE4, GE and EE2, and  in FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 226

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

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In the last chord, GC has an f instead of e. The mistake was corrected in GE, the remaining editions also include the correct text. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 232-234

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

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Before the top note of the last octave in bar 232 and the 2nd one in bar 234, there are no accidentals in GC and the earlier FE. The necessary signs –  of f and  of b – were added in EE, GE and FE4.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 234

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

Accent in GC, FE (→EE) & GE2

No mark in GE1
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The absence of the accent in GE1 is certainly an engraver's mistake – missing are also a L.H. slur and the pedalling. The error was corrected in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions