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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

Text Compare Notes Sources Description

Issues : Errors in GE

b. 1

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

in GC & GE2

No marking in FE (→EE) & GE1
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The absence of  in FE (→EE) must be considered an inaccuracy of notation. Most likely, it is a non-corrected oversight of the engraver, although one cannot entirely exclude the possibility that the sign was added by Chopin in GC. In turn, no  in GE1 is a patent oversight. See also bars 5 and 18-19.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: No initial dynamic marking , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 2-3

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

 in GC

Longer  in FE (→EE)

No mark in GE1

Shorter   in GE2
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According to us, out of two sources based directly on [A] – GC and FE – it is the copy that may convey a more accurate representation of this place in the autograph, since the text in FE is too tightly packed.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 5

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

in GC & FE (→EE)

No marking in GE
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The absence of  in GE must be considered an oversight of the engraver – cf. bar 1 (in this context it is the lack of addition of the sign in GE2 that is surprising). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 8

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

d-b-d1 in GC, FE (→EE) and GE2

f-b-d1 in GE1
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The f-b-d1 chord in GE1 is certainly an engraver's error. Moreover, the mistake changed the meaning of the slur which became a tie to f. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions

b. 12

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

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In GC (→GE) there is no  sign at the beginning of the bar. It is a patent error – all sources include a  at the end of bar 15.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Errors of GC