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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : GE revisions

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

b. 49

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

Half-bar pedal in GC & GE2

No pedal in FE (→EE1)

Whole-bar pedal in GE1 & EE2
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In the main text we give the pedalling of GC. GE1 reproduced it inaccurately, which was corrected in GE2, yet then repeated in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 55

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

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In the 2nd half of the bar the bottom notes of the chords in the R.H. – these which require ledger lines in the notation in the treble clef – in all sources, except for EE, is placed on the bottom stave. The b note in the middle chord does not require an accidental, although a cautionary  is undoubtedly indicated here (it was added in GE2). In EE the notes were moved to the top stave (same as in our transcriptions), however, the  which was necessary in this situation was not added. As a result, EE has here an undoubtedly erroneous chord with a b instead of b.

The cautionary flats before e1 and d1 were added by us.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 60-63

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

Slur in GC

Slurs in FE (→EE)

Three-bar slur in GE1, contextual interpretation

Four-bar slur in GE2
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In the main text we give the undoubtedly authentic slurs of FE (→EE). The slur in GC, starting from the middle of bar 60, is surely inaccurate and was misrepresented in GE1. The slur in GE2 is an attempt to interpret the musically unjustified slur in GC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 66

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

Four-note chord in GE, FE (→EE) & GE2

Octave in GE1
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The absence of middle notes of the chord is certainly an error of the engraver of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions