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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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b. 212

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

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FE has a g as the bottom note of the 1st crotchet in the bar. This patent mistake was corrected in the base text to EE. GC (→GE) also includes the correct f.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 212-214

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

7 slurs in GC

6 slurs in FE (→EE) & GE2

3 slurs in GE1
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These bars, as well as a few next ones, are a characteristic example of Gutmann's inaccuracy as a copyist. The slurs are drawn so inaccurately that the engraver of GE1 simply omitted a few of them, not knowing what to do with them. Our suggestion of their interpretation is only a certain idea of the actual notation. We do not try finding sense in this slurring – there is no doubt that Chopin's intention were regular, three-crotchet-long slurs, conveyed by FE (→EE) and correctly interpreted in GE2.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 212-213

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

2  in GC

1  in FE (→EE)

No signs in GE1

2  in GE2
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The absence of the  signs (diminuendo/long accent) in the 2nd half of bar 212 and at the beginning of bar 213 is certainly a mistake by the engraver of GE1. Similarly, we consider the omission of the second of these signs in FE (→EE) to be an error. GE2 added both signs, however, the one in the 2nd half of bar 212, which in GC is placed slightly earlier than the neighbouring ones, was erroneously assigned to the 3rd chord.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 213

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

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

in FE3 (→FE4) & EE2
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Chopin added the  indication in the proofreading of FE3 (→FE2). It was repeated also in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 215-218

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

Slurs of different lengths in GC

7 slurs in FE1 (→FE2)

8 slurs in FE3 (→FE4) & EE

3 slurs in GE1

Slurs of different lengths in GE2
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Same as in the previous bars, the slurring of GC is very careless in these bars. GE1 printed only three slurs, which was completed in GE2, almost literally reproducing GC. The remaining editions contain correct slurs, only FE1 (→FE2) overlooked the slur at the transition between bars 217 and 218.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of GC , Authentic corrections of EE