Issues : Uncertain slur continuation

b. 37-39

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

Slur in bars 37-38 in GC (→GE)

Slur in bar 37 in FE, literal reading

Slur to bar 39 in EE

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The slur in bar 37 in FE reaches the end of line, suggesting a continuation, however, there is no slur in bar 38. It is certainly a mistake because the slur in [A] looked most probably as the one carefully written in GC. Possibly authentic is also the longer slur in EE – Chopin could have written it while proofreading the basis to this edition.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Uncertain slur continuation , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 71-72

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

Continuous slur in GC, FE (→EE) & GE2

New slur in GE1

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GE1 ends a page on bar 71, and the slur reaches the end of that bar. This may suggest a possible continuation of the slur in the next bar or a tenuto ending of the slur. In bar 72 a new slur starts from the beginning of the bar in support of the latter, and that is how we reproduce it in our system. In any case this amounts to the engraver's inaccuracy, amended in GE2.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation , Tenuto slurs

b. 96-97

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

Longer slur in GC & FE (→EE)

Shorter slur in GE

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In b. 96, at the end of the line, the slur of GE1 suggests continuation; however, there is no ending thereof in b. 97. Therefore, we reproduce it – like in GE2 – as a slur reaching only the last chord in b. 96. In the main text we give the compliant and unequivocal notation of GC and FE (→EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 154-155

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

Continuous slur in GC (→GE) & FE

Separate slurs in EE

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The slur's division in EE is an inaccuracy which results from bar 155 starting a new line.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 157-158

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

Slur from bar 158 in GC (→GE1)

2 slurs in FE (→EE)

3 slurs in GE2

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The missing slurs in GC (→GE1) must be an oversight – the copyist wrote only the part of the slur starting in b. 158, at the beginning of a new line, overlooking the slurring of b. 157. GE2 limited itself to adding slurs in b. 157 (most probably by analogy with b. 153) – the already printed slur in b. 158 was left unchanged.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC , Uncertain slur continuation