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b. 194

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

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Starting from the 2nd crotchet in the bar Chopin used a shorthand form of notation to write the L.H. octaves – top notes only with the words con 8 - - -. In GE (→FE,EE,IE) the octaves were written in full.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 194

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

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In the main text we omit the unjustified cautionary flats to the 1st quaver, E1-E.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 194-195

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

 & cresc. in A

 in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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In the main text we reproduce the dynamic markings after A. The GE version (→FE,EE,IE) constitutes an inaccurate and simplified image thereof, typically adjusting – inaccurately – the range of the  hairpin to a clear rhythmic structure, which in this case is a bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 194-195

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

No marks in sources

Dots & wedge suggested by the editors
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Leaving this one motif of repeated octaves without articulation markings – cf. bars 184-185, 186-187 and 192-193 – must be considered Chopin's oversight, hence in the main text we add respective marks.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 194

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A