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

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b. 31

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

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In A there is no  raising b1 to b1. The inaccuracy was corrected in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 31

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

L.H.  in A

No sign in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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As was the case with dimin., the absence of a  hairpin for the L.H. is probably a revision by GE (→FE,EE,IE) – the engraver could have considered one of the two actually identical  marks to be superfluous.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 31

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

dimin. in A

No indication in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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The GE engraver (→FE,EE,IE) probably omitted the verbal indication to make the engraving process easier – dimin. could have seemed superfluous in the face of the diminuendo hairpin in the same place (the second  under the L.H. part was also omitted, perhaps on the same basis). Cf. mov. IV, bars 266 and 268.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 32

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

Tied crotchets in sources

Minim suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest a more legible version of the 2nd and 3rd beat in the R.H. part than the original one. Our suggestion is justified by a situation in mov. IV of the Sonata in which Chopin used two different versions of notation in the same phrase: the first time he wrote down a chord using ties within a bar – cf. bar 57 and 61 – and the second time he switched to a neater version with the use of greater rhythmic values and division into parts.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 32-33

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

b1 tied in A

b1 repeated in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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The missing tie to b1 is most probably an oversight by the GE engraver (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE