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b.

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

 from A in A

 from F in GE (→FE,IE) & EE2

No sign in EE1

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The extended  hairpin is a revision, typical of GE (→FE,IE). In EE1 the mark was overlooked; it was added in EE2.

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b. 1

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

Indications in A (→GEFE,IE) & EE2

No indications in EE1

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In EE1 the missing introductory indications are one of the many oversights in the initial fragment of the Sonata's finale. They were added in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 2-8

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

Arpeggio signs in A (→GEFE,IE) & EE2

No signs in EE1

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In EE1 these bars include only 2 arpeggio marks, at the beginning of bar 6 and 8. The engraver's patent oversight was corrected in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 2-12

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

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In the ascending passages in bar 2, 4, 10 and 12 Chopin entered accidentals into A only in the first half of each bar, considering them valid also later on in the bar, next to notes placed an octave or two octaves higher. All the necessary accidentals were 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. 4-6

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

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It is unclear how to understand the combination of the ties between the d1 notes in bars 4-5 and the c1 notes in bars 5-6 and the arpeggio marks preceding the chords at the beginning of bar 5 and 6, since the markings seem contradictory. There are two possibilities:

  • one can consider the ties to be slurs and play the entire chords as arpeggios, repeating the aforementioned notes;
  • one can reduce the range of the arpeggios to the two bottom notes of the discussed chords, holding the topmost note.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Tie or slur