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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Errors of GC

b. 126

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

b-b1 in GC (→GE)

b-a1 in FE (→EE)
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GC (→GE) has a b-b1 octave as the 4th quaver in the bar. The comparison with the motifs in the adjacent bars (as well as in bars 133-135) almost certainly indicates a mistake of the copyist.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 127

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

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GC and FE1 (→FE2→EE) lack in the accidental before the 3rd crotchet in the L.H. Patent in this context Chopin's mistake was corrected in GE and FE3 (→FE4). Moreover, FE1 overlooked the  before the 4th note.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions , Errors of 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. 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. 157-158

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

Slur from bar 158 in GC (→GE1)

2 slurs in FE (→EE)

3 slurs in GE2
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The missing slurs in GC (→GE1) must be an oversight – the copyist wrote only the part of the slur starting in b. 158, at the beginning of a new line, overlooking the slurring of b. 157. GE2 limited itself to adding slurs in b. 157 (most probably by analogy with b. 153) – the already printed slur in b. 158 was left unchanged.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC , Uncertain slur continuation