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

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b. 32-42

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 fingering added by EE in bar 32, 35, 37-38 and 42.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 37

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

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions

b. 37

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

No marking in A

 in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

[] suggested by the editors
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The missing  mark is probably Chopin's inadvertence – this bar ends a page in A, while the transition to a new page often distracts the writing persons. Therefore, in the main text we indicate the pedal release point in accordance with the harmonic sense. A similar addition was already introduced by GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , No pedal release mark , Inaccuracies in A

b. 37

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

No marks in A & EE

Staccato dots in GE (→FE,IE)
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The staccato dots over the semiquavers ending the 1st and 2nd half of the bar resulted from a misunderstanding of the A notation – the dots prolonging the quaver rests were interpreted as staccato marks. The absence of dots in EE could be explained by an oversight or revision; anyway, nothing indicates that the English publisher could have had access to A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE

b. 38

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

No slurs in A

4 slurs in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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The GE slurs (→FE,EE,IE) were added by the publisher and are inauthentic. This kind of notation can be found in Chopin's works, especially in the early ones (cf., e.g. IV mov., bars 185-186 or the Variations in B, Op. 2, bar 266), yet in this case A simply does not contain slurs.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions