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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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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. 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

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. 218

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

gis1 in chord in GC (→GE)

No g1 in FE (→EE)
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No bottom g1 is certainly an oversight of the engraver of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

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