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

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b. 293

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

Slur from F1 in A & EE

Slur from F in GE (→FE,IE)
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The earlier starting point of the slur in GE (→FE,IE) is either a routine revision, adjusting a slur to a rhythmic group (in this case a bar), or an inaccuracy. The EE version could have resulted from a misinterpretation of the GE slur, and its compliance with the A notation is almost certainly accidental.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 294

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

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In A the third in the bottom voice is a semibreve, which is a mistake. It was corrected in GE (→FE,EE,IE). Four bars later, all sources contain the correct version. Similarly, in bar 306.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors of A

b. 294-295

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

sempre legato in b. 295 in A (→GE→FE,EE,IE)

sempre legato in b. 294 suggested by editors
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In A the sempre legato indication is written at the beginning of a new page, in bar 295. However, the way it was written may suggest that Chopin also wanted it to concern the preceding bar, which seems logical, since this is the first bar in which the figuration is devoid of a slur (cf., e.g. bar 164). Due to the above, in the main text we put it in bar 294.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 294

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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We interpret the  mark entered into A as a long accent – cf. bars 108-109. The editions generally present its literal interpretation – only the beginning thereof was slightly moved. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 294-298

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

Crotchet A in A (→GE→FE,EE1,IE)

No A in EE2
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The version of the last crotchet in bar 294 and 298 was introduced into EE2 probably by analogy with bar 306 and 310, in which a respective note (a) was omitted already in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions