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

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b. 72

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

in A

 in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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In the main text we keep the authentic differentiation between the markings –  in bar 70 and  in bar 72. The standardisation performed in GE (→FE,EE,IE) could have resulted from a misinterpretation of the mark in the discussed bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 72

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

 in A (literal reading→GE→FE,EE,IE)

Long accent in A, contextual interpretation
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A  sign pertaining to one chord is intrinsically a long accent, and this is how we reproduce it in the main text. This kind of notation can also be found in later pieces, despite the fact that at that time Chopin already had his typical way of writing long accents –cf. the Scherzo in B minor, Op. 31, bars 6-7.
Similarly in bar 74.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 73-74

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

2 slurs in A

Continuous slur in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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In the main text we keep the two slurs entered into A. The simplified notation of GE (→FE,EE,IE) is due to an arbitrary decision by the engraver of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 74-75

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

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In the main text we include the cautionary  to e2 in bar 74, added in GE (→FE,EE,IE). By contrast, we omit the unjustified  to c3 in bar 75, present in all sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 74

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

 in A, literal reading

Long accent in A, contextual interpretation

in GE (→EE)

in FE & IE
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The  mark entered into A clearly refers to the bottom stave; as such – despite its considerable length – it denotes a long accent, as the similar mark in bar 72 does. This is how we interpret this mark in the main text. In GE, the extension of the mark and its vague position between the staves changed its meaning, which is confirmed by the remaining editions, based on GE, in which it was assigned to the R.H., as a complement to the mark from the preceding bar. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE