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b. 53

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

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In the main text we omit the unjustified (cautionary?)  to the c minim, present in all sources. We do not include the  to the c1 crotchet either, added in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 54-55

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

Slur from b. 54 in A (→GEEE,IE)

Slurs from b. 55 in FE

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The later starting point of the slurs in the parts of both hands does not seem to be a random mistake by the FE engraver. However, it is difficult to indicate the reason behind this revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions

b. 58-60

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

Accents in A, literal reading

 hairpins in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

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When interpreted literally, the pairs of dynamic marks in these bars look like a crescendo and an accent. However, the comparison with an analogous phrase in bars 49-52 and with bar 57 proves that – which was already noticed in GE (→FE,EE,IE) – Chopin intended them to be pairs of  . Such situations explain, to a certain extent, the engravers' general tendency to prolong dynamic hairpins.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 60-61

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

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In both bars Chopin wrote a dotted crotchet rest, which was changed in GE (→FE,EE,IE) to a standard version of notation using a crotchet and a quaver rest. We reproduce Chopin's notation only in the graphic transcription.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 64

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

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In the sources the repeat sign faces only the left, which, considering the same sign at the end of the movement (bar 80), is a patent mistake. In young Chopin's pieces there are several such inaccuracies – cf. the Polonaise in A, WN 3, bars 13-38 or the Variations in E, WN 5, bars 92-107 – while later pieces are not free from such mistakes either, e.g. the Polonaise in C minor, Op. 26 No. 1, bar 13 or the Polonaise in E minor, Op. 26 No. 2, bar 21.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Differences in form , Inaccuracies in A