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

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Main text
Main text
A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Revised impression of FE1
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
IE - Italian edition
IE1 - First Italian edition
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  b. 350-351

Slur to c1 in A, literal reading

Slur to e1 in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

Slur to f1 suggested by the editors

The range of the A slur is musically unjustified – Chopin stopped writing it to avoid the clash with the last quavers in the bar or the  mark (see the description of A in I mov. of the Sonata). In the main text we propose a slur based on Chopin's notation in analogous bars 346-347.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A, GE revisions

notation: Slurs

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