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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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b. 105

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

No arpeggio sign in GC (→GE)

Arpeggio sign in FE (→EE)
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The arpeggio was most probably overlooked by the copyist.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 105-107

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

Single slurs in GC & FE (→EE)

Double slurs in GE
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The slurs under the notes in GE are certainly an arbitrary addition of the editor.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 106-107

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

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In b. 106 and 107, some or all bottom voice rests were overlooked in various sources:

  • both rests in b. 106 in FE;
  • the crotchet rest in b. 107 in GE;
  • all four rests in EE.

They seem to be the engravers' oversights (in EE and GE, it is also revisions that are likely – cf. b. 115). GC is provided with a detailed two-part notation, which we give in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 107

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

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The sharp raising f to f, overlooked in GC, FE1 (→FE2→FE3,EE1), was added in GE, FE4 and EE2. Cf. bar 115.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 108

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

Slur in GC (→GE) & EE2

No slur in FE (→EE1)
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The slur over the L.H. part, if not overlooked by the engraver of FE (→EE1), could have been added in GC (→GE) by Chopin. The sign was then added in EE2. Similarly in bar 116.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC