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

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b. 245-248

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 L.H. fingering added by EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 248

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

Slur to next bar in A

Slur to c2 in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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The arched line visible in A, going through to the next bar, seems to continue the bottom arm of the  hairpin. However, according to us, it is an illusion – it was probably added as an extension to the slur, since extending one arm of the  would make no sense, not to mention its bent shape, leading to the crotchet in bar 249. Anyway, it could have confused the engraver of GE, who led the  mark slightly further than its top arm (which is unquestionable); as far as the slur is concerned, the engraver ended it on the last quaver in the bar.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Corrections in A

b. 249

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

Slur in A

No slur in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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The shorter GE slur (→FE,EE,IE) – it ends in the preceding bar – most probably resulted from a misunderstanding of the A notation. See the note at the end of bar 248.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 249

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

Wedge in A

No mark in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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The absence of the wedge in GE (→FE,EE,IE) is most probably due to an oversight by the engraver of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 249-253

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

No marks in A

Long accents in GE

Short accents in GE, FE & IE
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Generally speaking, the long accents added in GE are justified – Chopin indicated such a performance in the two preceding four-bar sections, as well as in bars 40-55. He used long, short and vertical accents and  marks (in various configurations). Due to the above, although the very accenting results from the preceding phrases, it is difficult to say which marks would be used here and next to which chords, hence in the main text we neither include the GE accents nor suggest our own ones.
In the remaining editions the GE accents were reproduced inaccurately, as short accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies ,