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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 141

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

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GC and FE1 (→FE2→FE3) feature a g-f1 seventh as the 5th crotchet. The mistake was most probably in [A]; it was corrected in the proofreading of FE4. GE and EE also include the correct text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 153

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

Slur from e1 in GC

No slur in FE (→EE1)

Slur from g1 in GE

Slur from g in EE2
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It is unclear which slur Chopin meant, since the absence of a slur in FE (→EE1) does not allow us to confront the version of GC with another source modelled after [A]. According to us, the slur of GC may be inaccurate, hence we adopt the more natural version of GE. The slur of EE2, probably modelled after GE, was, however, led from g, which may influence its meaning to a certain extent.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 153

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

Accent in GC (→GE) & EE2

No mark in FE (→EE1)
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The absence of an accent in FE (→EE1), if not an oversight by the engraver, means that Chopin added the mark to GC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 153

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

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FE1 has no  sign here. It is undoubtedly an oversight by the engraver – the sign was added in FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4), and is present in GC (→GE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions

b. 155

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

g2-b2 in FE1 (→FE2→EE1)

f2-b2 in GC (→GE), FE3 (→FE4) & EE2
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g2 instead of f2 at the last quaver of the bar is certainly a mistake of Chopin in [A]. It is proved by the  before the note, present both in FE1 (→FE2) and GC, which originally also included g2. Chopin corrected the mistake in GC and the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4). The erroneous version was passed down to EE1, in which it was revised, by deleting the , which was superfluous before g2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccurate note pitch in A , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections in GC