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

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b. 87

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

d2 in A (→GE→EE), contextual interpretation & FE

c2 in IE
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In A (→GE→EE) there is no accidental to the top note of the penultimate fourth, which gives d2. The flat to d2 in the next quaver proves Chopin's patent mistake, yet it was only FE that added the necessary . In IE the erroneous GE version was revised by changing this note to c2, which is quite satisfying in terms of sound, yet certainly inauthentic.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , FE revisions ,

b. 88

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

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In the main text we do not include the cautionary  added by GE (→FE,IE) to e1 in the last R.H. quaver. The accidental was left out by EE1, while in EE2 it was added to a1, probably by mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 90

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

in A

 in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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It is uncertain whether  present in the editions instead of  entered into A resulted from a revision or from a mistake. The possible change could have been motivated by the desire to indicate which dynamics to use in the development, which starts here.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , fz – f

b. 90

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

No ornament in sources

Our alternative suggestion
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This four-quaver motif, which opens the Sonata, appears in the entire movement 10 more times (bars 1-2,  5, 7, 92, 94, 179-180, 183 and 185), always accompanied by  or  on the 1st note. This makes us assume that one of these marks could have been overlooked in the discussed bar (cf. bar 62). However, the absence of an ornament is inconspicuous here, and Chopin could have been thinking of clearly putting the chords introducing the key of A in bars 89-90 (both marked with ) or of avoiding three ornaments in a row (bar 90, 92 and 94) in a very similar context. In this situation in the main text we leave the version of the sources; as an alternative solution we suggest the version featuring an ornament. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors of A

b. 91

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

No fingering in A (→GE→FE,IE)

Fingering in EE
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In the main text we omit the inauthentic R.H. part fingering added by EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions