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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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b. 93

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

Staccato dot in GC

No mark in FE (→EE) & GE
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It is not certain whether the dot, visible in GC near the bottom note of the 1st octave in the bar, is a staccato dot or an insignificant ink fleck. The sign is absent in all other sources, which, however, cannot be considered to be a conclusive argument. In the main text we include the dot, as the staccato articulation results here in a natural way from the piano texture, as well as due to the similarly marked chord at the beginning of bar 91.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 93

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

Wedge in GC & FE (→EE)

No mark in GE
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The absence of the wedge in GE is certainly a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 100-103

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

Long accent &  in GC

2  in FE (→EE) & GE2

No signs in GE1
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The absence of the  hairpins (denoting long accents, which is obvious particularly in the notation of bar 101 in GC) is best attributed to the engraver's distraction. The signs were added in GE2. See also the note on  in bars 97-101.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 109

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

 in GC (→GE)

No sign in FE (→EE)

() suggested by the editors
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The  hairpin in GC (→GE) must be authentic (it could have been added by Chopin). In the main text we give it in brackets, as Chopin did not add the sign both in the subsequent FE and in the base text to EE, despite proofreading, e.g. the slurs in this place. Therefore, the absence of  could have been accepted as emphasising a mild echo effect in bars 109-110. 

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b. 113-115

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

 from A in GC

 from B in FE (→EE)

No sign in GE
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No  hairpin is certainly an oversight of the engraver of GE1, unnoticed in GE2 as well. In the main text we give the range of the sign according to GC, in which it starts from the beginning of the motif.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE