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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GC

b. 129

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

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GC has no  before the 2nd quaver, which is most probably an oversight of the copyist. The mistake was corrected in GE. The remaining sources include the correct text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 131

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

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There is no  before the top note of the last octave in the L.H. – undoubtedly a g – in GC and FE (→EE1). This patent inaccuracy was revised in GE and EE2, however, in GE the  was misplaced in front of f in the R.H. (in the sources the bottom notes of the last two octaves in the R.H. are written on the bottom stave).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 132-133

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

Slur in bar 133 in GC (→GE)

Slur from bar 132 in FE (→EE)
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Taking into account the slur – concordant in the sources – in an analogous situation in bars 124-125, we consider the shorter slur in GC (→GE) to be inaccurate. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 134-135

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

3 slurs in GC

2 slurs in GE

4 slurs in FE (→EE)
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The comparison with analogous bars 125-126 and 133 indicates that the slurring in FE (→EE) is correct. Therefore, the longer slurs in GC and GE result probably  from misreading [A] by the copyist and GC by the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 137-138

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

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In GC and FE, which certainly reproduce the notation of [A], the naturals before the g and d notes are written only in the extreme voices – next to the bottom notes in the L.H. and top in the R.H. An exception are the D1-D octaves (both notes provided with naturals, although in FE1-FE3 only in bar 138) and the devoid of  g3 note in bar 138. In GE and EE the notation is correct (except for the devoid of naturals D1-D quaver in bar 137 in EE1).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC