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

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b. 97-100

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 L.H. part fingering added by EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 97-100

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

3 slurs from 2nd quaver in A, literal reading

3 slurs from 1st quaver in GE (→EE,IE) & FE2

2 slurs from 1st quaver in FE1

4 slurs from 1st quaver suggested by editors
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Unlike the L.H. quavers provided with four-note slurs, in A the respective R.H. motifs are provided with slurs starting from the 2nd quaver in each group, while in bar 99 there are no slurs at all. These must be inaccuracies, which – apart from the oversight of the slur in bar 97 – were aptly assessed already by GE (→EE,IE). In the main text we provide the version featuring standardised slurs encompassing these motifs.
In FE1 the slurs of GE were reproduced inaccurately – the sign in bar 98 was omitted. It was later added in FE2.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 100

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

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In A the flats lowering the g minim to g and the penultimate d2 quaver to d2 are missing. Both accidentals, certainly overlooked, were added by GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in A

b. 101-102

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

No fingering in A (→GE→FE,IE)

Fingering in EE1

Fingering in EE2
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In the main text we omit the inauthentic L.H. part fingering added by EE. The difference between the two EE impressions was caused by the fact that the authentic layout of the 2nd half of bar 101, in which the group of 4 L.H. quavers is written on the top stave (changed in the main text, yet kept in the transcriptions of the sources), confused the reviser preparing EE2. He assumed that the EE1 fingering, aptly suggesting that these quavers are to be performed by the L.H., was erroneous and changed it to the fingering adjusted to the R.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors resulting from corrections

b. 101

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

No slur in sources

Slur suggested by the editors
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In the main text we add a slur after analogous bar 103. Chopin, particularly in the early period of his oeuvre, would often try to write slurs from the side of noteheads, even in a several-part texture (cf., e.g. the A slurs concerning the R.H. quavers in bars 97-98 and 100). However, there were times when he would omit slurs that were too difficult to write due to the layout, as in the discussed situation or in bar 99.

category imprint: Editorial revisions