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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GC

b. 5

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

 in GC (→GE) & FE

 in EE
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The sources do not state clearly which quaver is affected by the  sign. One can choose between the 2nd quaver, as it is in FE and as GE interpreted the unclear sign of GC (it could have been assigned to the rest of the L.H., falling on the 2nd quaver or apply it to the 3rd, or even the 4th quaver of the bar), or the beginning of the bar, as EE interpreted the notation of FE. The piano and sound reality make us consider both versions to be possible. In the main text we reproduce the notation of the base source, i.e. FE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 16

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

in GC

 in FE (→ EE1)

in GE

in EE2
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The differences between GC, FE (→EE1) and GE seem to be accidental inaccuracies. The solution we suggest in the main text is an attempt to reconstruct [A] on the basis of the discrepancies between GC and FE. The same range of the  hairpin was introduced in EE2 - probably on the basis of a comparison of FE with GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 26-27

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

Slurs in GC (contextual interpretation →GE)

No slurs in FE1

Slurs in FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4)
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The oversight of the engraver of FE1 – he overlooked three slurs at the beginning of a new line, similarly as accents – was completed in the later FE, yet inaccurately (a too short 2nd slur in bar 26). In this case, the very careless slurs of GC did not mislead the engraver of GE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 39

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

Dots in GC (→GE)

No marks in FE1

Wedges in FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4)
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[A] most probably included wedges, as Gutmann considered them to be staccato dots on a number of occasions (cf., e.g., the Etude in F major, Op. 25 No. 3, bars 49-52). Chopin wedges were actually often misinterpreted as dots also by the engravers, in turn, misinterpretation of dots as wedges was almost inexistent. Therefore, in the main text we give wedges, added in FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4) most probably on the basis of [A].

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions , Wedges , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 60-63

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

Slur in GC

Slurs in FE (→EE)

Three-bar slur in GE1, contextual interpretation

Four-bar slur in GE2
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In the main text we give the undoubtedly authentic slurs of FE (→EE). The slur in GC, starting from the middle of bar 60, is surely inaccurate and was misrepresented in GE1. The slur in GE2 is an attempt to interpret the musically unjustified slur in GC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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