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

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b. 356-357

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

Slurs in A

No slurs in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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The absence of the slurs in the editions is due to the carelessness of the engraver of GE, who either overlooked or omitted the slurs, which are difficult to engrave (in the original notation with the use of an octave sign, the slurs fall on the stave).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 358

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

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to e3.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 359-360

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

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In A there is no  to the 4th quaver in bar 359 (b2). It was added in GE (→FE,EE,IE). The cautionary  to b2 at the beginning of bar 360 is missing too (Chopin wrote a respective accidental to the 2nd L.H. quaver). This accidental was added only in EE2. In the main text we include both. On the other hand, we omit – as it was done in GE (→FE,EE,IE) – the  to c3, the 6th quaver in bar 360, unnecessarily repeated in A.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 360

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

below L.H. in A

 over L.H. in GE (→EE)

No sign in FE

over L.H. in IE
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In the main text we reproduce the  hairpin after A, under the L.H. passage. In GE (→EE,IE) it was moved to between the staves while changing its range, which was forced by the lack of space. In FE the mark was overlooked.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Placement of markings , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions

b. 361-362

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

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In A Chopin wrote two cautionary accidentals – flats to e3 in bar 361 and to a2 in bar 362. In GE (→FE,EE,IE) naturals were also added, to c1 in bar 361 and to f3 in bar 362. We include all these accidentals in the main text; we also add a  to A in bar 362.
In bar 361 in A there is no  to the 4th quaver (f2). The inaccuracy was corrected in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Inaccuracies in A