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

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b. 91

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

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In A the g note is a semibreve, which is a patent mistake, perhaps under the influence of the notation in the previous bar. The correct rhythmic value intended by Chopin (minim) was introduced already by GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors of A

b. 91-95

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

No fingering in A (→GE→FE,IE)

Fingering in EE
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In the main text, we do not include the inauthentic R.H. fingering added by EE in bars 91 and 95.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 92

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

Semibreve d1 in A (→GE→EE)

Minim in FE & IE
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The d1 minim in FE and IE most probably resulted from the awkward GE notation, in which the noteheads of the minims and the semibreves are identical.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in IE

b. 93

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

 in A (literal reading→GE)

Longer  in FE & IE

Shifted  in EE

Long accent suggested by the editors
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According to us, the  mark is to be interpreted here as a long accent. The literal interpretation, reproduced quite faithfully in GE, was gradually distorted by the subsequent editions, which made it increasingly different from the original notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins ,

b. 94

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

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The first L.H. octave is written in A in shorthand with the help of 8. In GE (→FE,EE,IE) it was written out in full.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated octaves' notation