In almost every edition (and consequently most performances… - Charles Rosen

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In almost every edition (and consequently most performances) of Chopin's Sonata in B flat Minor, Op. 35, there is a serious error that makes awkward nonsense of an important moment in the first movement. The repeat of the exposition begins in the wrong place.

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Charles Welles Rosen (May 5, 1927 – December 9, 2012) was an American pianist and writer on music.

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