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

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b. 134-135

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

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In A Chopin wrote accidentals only to the first note of each pair of quavers constituting an octave – F1, a, g1. The respective accidental for the second quaver in each pair was added in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 136-137

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

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 136

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

in EE

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In this context, there is no doubt as to the moment in which the pedal should be released (changed). Therefore, the omission of the  mark in A (→GE→FE,IE) – in the light of further, complete markings – must be considered Chopin's inadvertence. The mark was added only in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 138-139

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

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In A there are no naturals to the last L.H. crotchet in bar 138 (a) and to the last quavers in bar 139 (e1 and e1). In GE (→FE,EE,IE) only the accidentals in bar 139 were added.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE , Errors repeated in IE

b. 139

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

Slur from b to L.H. e1 in A, literal reading

Slur from e to L.H. e1 in GE (→EE)

Slur from e to R.H. e1 in FE & IE
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When interpreted literally, the A slur begins from b. However, the shape of the slur suggests e as the intentional starting point of the slur, and this is how it was reproduced in the editions. We adopt this phrasing, more natural in this context, also to the main text. FE and IE assumed that the imprecise ending of the slur in GE (→EE) reaches the last quaver in the bar.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , FE revisions ,