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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

Text Compare Notes Sources Description

Issues : Errors in GE

b. 18-19

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

 &  in GC, FE (→EE) & GE2

No markings in GE1
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No dynamic signs in these bars must be considered to be an oversight of the engraver of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 23

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

No accidental in GC (→GE), FE1 (→FE2) & EE

 raising d2 to d2 in FE3 (→FE4)
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The natural raising d2 to d2, added – most probably by Chopin – in the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4) is most likely a correction of a mistake and not a new version of this detail. The bottom notes of the dyads (and in the chords also the middle ones), unless they are an octave doubling of the top voice, always belong to the components of a current chord in the entire section comprising bars 17-36.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of GC

b. 25-27

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

5 accents in GC

2 accents in FE (→EE1)

3 accents in GE

4 accents in EE2
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Only in GC the accents are written in these bars without mistakes. FE (→EE1) overlooked 3 accents in bars 26-27, whereas GE omitted accents in the 2nd half of bars 25 and 26. The notation of EE2 is a result of overlapping of the signs adopted from FE and GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE

b. 37-38

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

Two accents in GC

Accent in bar 37 in FE

Vertical accent in bar 37 in EE

No marks in GE
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The accents under the minims of the middle voice of the R.H. are in GC (both) and FE (→EE) – only in bar 37. The missing signs were most probably overlooked as a result of an oversight or misunderstanding.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in GE

b. 47-48

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

 in GC & FE (→EE)

No sign in GE1

Longer  in GE2
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No  in GE1 is almost certainly an oversight. The sign was added in GE2, in a form which, however, deviates from the notation of GC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in GE , GE revisions