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

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 49-50

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

  in A (→GE→FE,IE)

No signs in EE
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The absence of the hairpins is most probably due to the EE engraver's inattention. They are also missing in the next bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 51-52

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

  in A

  in GE (→FE,IE)

No signs in EE
..

In GE (→FE,EE,IE) the   hairpins were inaccurately reproduced in this bar, repeating the scheme from the preceding bars. In the main text we provide the A notation, certainly well thought out. In EE the hairpins were omitted, as in the preceding bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , GE 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. 65

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

in A

No sign in EE1

Longer  in GE (→FE,IE) & EE2
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The extended  hairpin in GE (→FE,IE) is due to the GE engraver, who would often perform such revisions to hairpins in this Sonata. In EE1 the mark was overlooked, which was corrected in EE2, on the basis of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 65

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

Accent in A

No mark in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
..

The missing accent in GE (→FE,EE,IE) could be explained by an oversight by the GE engraver. However, he could have omitted the mark on purpose when it turned out that due to the small gap between the great staves, the mark placed over the R.H. in this bar could have been erroneously assigned to the L.H. crotchet in bar 59, placed above this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE