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

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b. 179

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

Long accent in A (→GE)

No mark in FE

Short accent in EE & IE
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In A the accent mark in this bar is shorter than in analogous bar 177; however, it is highly likely that the same mark should be used in both places. This is how it was reproduced in GE, in which the accents are of the same length. Their interpretation is not obvious, yet they are clearly longer than typical short accents, e.g. in bar 153. Taking into account the above, we reproduce the discussed mark as a long accent in both sources, which we also provide in the main text. The absence of the mark in FE must be an oversight.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , EE inaccuracies ,

b. 180-182

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

e2, e1, e in A, literal reading

e2, e1, e in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

e2, e1, e suggested by the editors
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In A the flats lowering e to e on the penultimate quaver are missing. The accidentals were added in GE (→EE,FE,IE), which seems to be right due to the key of C minor, established already in bar 176. However, the chords in the three discussed bars are of a transitional nature (except the G chord at the beginning of each of them), hence this argument does not allow us to absolutely rule out e notes. However, the e notes in the topmost voice (present at the end of each of these bars, hence directly after the discussed chords) are another argument against e.

In A in bar 180 we can see a small cross (×) over the problematic note. It seems improbable that this mark, although written in ink, could have come from Chopin. It is probably an addition by someone who was going through the manuscript and had doubts about the pitch of this note. Was it the reviser of GE? If that were the case, it would be strange that he marked only this place, since the Sonata abounds in such issues (however, see the note on bar 255). Therefore, it could be a mark added by one of the later owners of the manuscript.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Errors of A

b. 180

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

Wedge in A (→GE→EE,IE)

No mark in FE
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 180

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

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category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 181

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

in A

No sign in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE