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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 49-50

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

 in GC (→GE)

Longer  hairpin in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we reproduce the notation of the principal source, i.e. FE (see General Editorial Principles and the characterisation of FE4).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 80

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

 in GC

 in FE

No sign in GE

Long accent in EE
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Each of the three source versions of the range of the  sign may correspond to Chopin's intention. According to us, the sign has a nature of a long accent, emphasising both the dynamic relation of the delay of d2 and its resolution c2. Therefore, in the main text we give a sign on the basis of FE, which presents this double sense in the clearest manner. The absence of a hairpin in GE is certainly a result of an oversight (cf. the note on the tie).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in GE

b. 174-175

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

 in bar 174 in GC (→GE)

 in bar 175 in FE (→EE1)

2  in EE2
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A comparison with FE, which is also based on [A], suggests that the  hairpin in GC (→GE) was misplaced – cf. b. 171. The copyist's momentary distraction is also supported by the fact that the slur ends too early (see the next note). Two marks in EE2 probably result from a comparison with the version of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors of GC

b. 219-221

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

 in GC

 in FE (→EE)

 in GE
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One  sign in FE indicates that two signs in GC (separated with a transition to a new line) are to be interpreted as a continuous . The notation of GE is certainly arbitrary – erroneous or revised. In GC and GE the dashes marking the range of crescendo from bar 217 are led to the beginning of the  hairpin, in spite of the fact that in each of these sources the signs start in another place.
Due to the relation of the  hairpin with the preceding it cresc. - -, which was overlooked in FE, in the main text we give the ending of the dashes and the hairpin on the basis of GC. According to us, however, the slightly earlier started  sign in FE (→EE) reproduced Chopin's notation probably in a more accurate manner.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins