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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Uncertain slur continuation

b. 157-158

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

2 slurs in GC (literal reading →GE)

Slur in FE

Slur in GC (contextual interpretation) & in EE
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Taking into account the versions of FE and GC, one may assume that the slur of GC at the end of b. 157 could have been added by Chopin. The aim of that change was undoubtedly a slur encompassing the entire three-quaver motif (as it is 4 bars earlier), which was guessed in EE (the correction could have even been introduced by Chopin in the Stichvorlage for EE). GE reproduced the notation of GC literally, i.e. as coinciding slurs.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Embracing slurs , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections in GC , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 219-220

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

2 slurs in GC (literal reading→GE)

Continuous slur in GC (contextual interpretation) & FE→EE)
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The version of GE probably results from a misinterpretation of the notation of GC – in this manuscript, b. 219 ends a great stave, and the slur, due to the discontinuation of ink flow, is poorly visible, hence it seems that it does not go beyond the last crotchet. However, the slur in b. 220 very clearly suggests continuation, which is confirmed by a continuous slur in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 228-229

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

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In GE this bar ends the line, and the opening fragment of the slur which starts from the G1-G octave, falling in this bar, is mistakenly omitted.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Uncertain slur continuation