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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 89

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

No indication in GC (→GE) & FE1 (→FE2→EE1)

cresc. - - in FE3 (→FE4)

cresc. in EE2
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Same as  in bar 85, cresc. - - in bars 89-90 was added in the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4), almost certainly by Chopin. The indication was repeated in EE2, yet without the dashes marking its range. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 91

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

No fingering in GC (→GE) & FE1 (→FE2→EE1)

Fingering in FE3 (→FE4) & EE2
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Chopin added the fingering of the bottom voice of the R.H. while proofreading FE3 (→FE4). It was repeated in EE2 too.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 92

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

f2-d3 in GC (→GE) & FE3 (→FE4)

f2-f3 in FE1 (→FE2→EE)
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The version of FE1 (→FE2→EE) is certainly erroneous – it is proved both by the text of GC (→GE) and the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4). At the same time, it is only FE4 that includes a completely correct text, as FE3 overlooked the  before the corrected note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 93-96

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

6 long accents in GC & FE1 (→FE2)

2 long accents in FE3 (→FE4)

6 short accents in EE

6 marks in GE
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The original accentuation, which, together with the slurs restores clear, triple grouping of chords after bars 91-92, prevailing in bars 81-90, was changed by Chopin in the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4). The new concept is an evident improvement – it shapes a four-bar-long crescendo wave with distinctly marked two crests and at the same time it delays the return of denser accentuated motifs until the entrance of the final phrase of the exposition in bar 97.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 96

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

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In the main text we include the cautionary flats before d1-d2, added (by Chopin?) in FE4, as well as in GE and EE (only the top one in EE1).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE