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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Accidentals in different octaves

b. 151-152

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

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In the 2nd half of each of these bars, GC and FE1 (→FE2→FE3) have no naturals. The necessary signs – before a1 and a – were added in GE, FE4 and EE (in EE1 only in bar 152).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 155

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

e2 in GC (→GE)

c2 in FE (→EE), contextual interpretation
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The structure of the figuration in the entire passage in the L.H. (bars 153-156 and 157-160), and particularly the comparison with analogous bar 159, indicate a mistake of the copyist in this place. The absence of a correction in GE may be attributed to the absent  before this note (although in a similar situation four bars later, a  before the respective note – c2 – was added). The sign is absent also in the majority of the sources featuring the note at the correct pitch – it was added only in EE2. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Terzverschreibung error , Errors of GC

b. 155

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

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There is no accidental before the top note of the 2nd quaver in GC and FE1 (→FE2→FE3). The patent inaccuracy was corrected in the remaining sources.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 156

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

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At the beginning of the 2nd half of the bar before the bottom note of the second, GC and FE1 (→FE2) have one  before each of the notes instead of . This easy to detect mistake – none of these flats is necessary at this pitch, whereas a1 appears in the part of the L.H. – was corrected in GE, by adding another  before the bottom note. The correct notation is included in FE3 (→FE4) and EE, which in both cases could have been a result of Chopin's intervention.
A double flat before the top note of the penultimate chord was added only in GE and EE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of GC , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 159

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

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In GC and FE (→EE1) there is no flat lowering c2 to c2 in the L.H. The obvious inaccuracy was corrected in GE & EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Errors of GC , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE