Issues : Inaccuracies in GC
b. 189-192
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I
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The staccato dots, present only in the 2nd and 4th bars of this four-bar section, is probably a result of an inaccuracy of Chopin or of the engraver. In the analogous phrase of the exposition (bars 61-64), the articulation is marked much more accurately, so it seems that Chopin wanted to mark all bass notes in the same manner. According to us, the presence of dots in FE (→EE) in bars 190 and 192 indicate that Chopin imagined all bass notes in the recapitulation to be performed staccato too. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GC |
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b. 190-191
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I
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Providing bar 191 with a separate slur can be an echo of the original slurring (cf., e.g., the slurs in bars 45-48). The notation of GC suggests that the slurs could have been combined by Chopin in [A], which was misunderstood in FE (→EE). category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC |
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b. 197
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I
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In GC (→GE) and FE there is no raising f to f. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in EE, which, in spite of the fact that the base text to EE was corrected by Chopin, could have been performed by the reviser. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in GC |
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b. 211-212
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I
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The placing of the sign (diminuendo/long accent) at the end of bar 211 in GC (→GE) is certainly a mistake – cf. bars 212-213, and an inaccurate slurring, e.g. in bars 212-214. We consider the omission of the sign in FE (→EE) to be an error as well. In the main text we shift the sign written in GC to the beginning of bar 212, accordingly with the analogous motives. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in GC |
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b. 212-214
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I
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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 |