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b. 229

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

g-d1-f1 in A

g-f1 in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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In A the d1 notehead in the 2nd L.H. quaver does not align with g and f1 (vertically) and is not adjacent to this quaver's stem. Perhaps this is why it is absent in GE (→FE,EE,IE). The regular nature of this chordal sequence makes a very strong case for the presence of this note (cf. also bars 71-72).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 229-230

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

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In each of these bars in the main text we add a cautionary  to the bottom note of the 3rd L.H. quaver (b and b1) and to the top note of the 7th R.H. quaver (b2 and b3). The R.H. accidentals were also added by GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 229

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

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In A Chopin forgot to write a  to the last R.H. quaver, raising b2 to b2. The patent mistake – cf. the next bar, featuring a respective  – was rectified already in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 229

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

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In the main text we omit the  to a, unnecessarily repeated in A. The accidental was also omitted in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 229-230

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

Slur to b3 in A, literal reading

Slur to a3 in GE (→IE)

No slur in FE

Slur to b. 230 in EE
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When interpreted literally, the A slur is – as many others in the Sonata – probably inaccurate, hence in the main text we provide its interpretation adopted by GE (→IE). The versions of the remaining editions resulted from the engravers' mistakes.
See also bar 231.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions