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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : FE revisions

b. 161-162

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

d-g in GC & FE1

d-g with tie in GE

c-g in FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4)
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The version with d as the lower note of the L.H. dyads in the middle of each of these bars, although seemingly erroneous (cf. an analogous figure at the turn of bar 163), may have occurred in [A] since both the copyist and the engraver of FE1 twice read it this way. The notation in the autograph was possibly unclear here, e.g. as a result of some corrections making it difficult to discriminate between visually similar figures (cf. a mistaken slur in the adjacent figure). Stylistic arguments favour the version with c – repeating the note d results in an irregularity:

  • of voice leading – in bars 161-164 all the other pairs of octaves are accompanied by a parallel voice a third or sixth apart;
  • of pianistic texture – in the remaining L.H. dyads the common notes are always tied.

The tie between both notes d in bar 161 is almost certainly an arbitrary addition by GE.

Therefore, we regard as correct only the version with c introduced into FE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 169

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

Slur in GC, literal reading

Arpeggio sign in GC, contextual interpretation

No sign in FE (→EE1)

Tie to grace note in GE & EE2
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The tie visible in GC before the chord means an arpeggio in this context. The version of GE, repeated then in EE2, is a result of a routine revision – the sign was moved to the side of the note head of the d1 grace note, which gave it a form of a tie sustaining the grace note (cf. the note on the part of the L.H.). No slur in FE (→EE1) is most probably an oversight.

FE1 includes an erroneous c1 as the grace note, which was corrected in the next impressions.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , FE revisions

b. 169

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

B-f in GC (→GE) & FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4)

B in FE1
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The comparison with GC and later correction in FE2 prove that the version of FE1 is erroneous. The omission of f was probably the reason of an inaccurate shortening of the slur of the grace note.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions

b. 180

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

f in GC (→GE) & FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4)

a in FE1
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The version of FE1 is most probably a mistake, corrected already in FE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , FE revisions

b. 183

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

g1 in chord in GC (→GE) & FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4)

Chord without g1 in FE1
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No g1 in the chord is most probably a result of an oversight of the note by the engraver of FE1. The mistake was corrected already in FE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions