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

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b. 143-144

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 do not include the inauthentic R.H. part fingering added by EE. See also bars 150-155 and 159-162.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 143

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

d3-g3 in A (→GE→FE,EE,IE)

d2-g2 suggested by the editors
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According to us, the source version of the 1st R.H. quaver is Chopin's mistake. In A the discussed bar opens a new page, which most probably made it difficult for Chopin to assess the relationship between the preceding quavers and the problematic tritone. Due to the above, in the main text we provide a version modelled after the pianistically more natural version of analogous bars 126-127, in which the tritone opening the new four-bar section is within the range determined by the preceding octave.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors of A

b. 143

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

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We add a cautionary  before g2 in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 143-146

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

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In the main text we omit the unnecessarily repeated flats to d4 in the 2nd half of bar 143 and 145 and to f3 on the 3rd quaver in bar 144 and 146.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 144

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

Slur to 4th quaver in A, literal reading

Slur to 7th quaver in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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The comparison with similar sequences of thirds reveals that the A slur cannot be accurate (perhaps due to ink stoppage). In the main text we provide the GE slur (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions