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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 153

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

Slur from e1 in GC

No slur in FE (→EE1)

Slur from g1 in GE

Slur from g in EE2
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It is unclear which slur Chopin meant, since the absence of a slur in FE (→EE1) does not allow us to confront the version of GC with another source modelled after [A]. According to us, the slur of GC may be inaccurate, hence we adopt the more natural version of GE. The slur of EE2, probably modelled after GE, was, however, led from g, which may influence its meaning to a certain extent.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 154-155

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

Continuous slur in GC (→GE) & FE

Separate slurs in EE
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The slur's division in EE is an inaccuracy which results from bar 155 starting a new line.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , 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. 226

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

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GE omitted the  sign. It resulted from a misreading of GC – the sign is written there so negligently that it can be mistaken for a  indication (see one of the earlier notes). Curiously, The error was overlooked by GE2 – it neither added a  sign nor removed the  placed later in this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies