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

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b. 379

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

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In the main text we add cautionary accidentals, flats to A-a and naturals to F-f.

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b. 390-391

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

No 8va - - in A, literal reading

8va - - in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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Chopin almost certainly committed a mistake (he did not finish the octave sign), which is proven by:

  • the absence of loco, with which Chopin would always end the 8va - - - indication;
  • breaking the virtuoso momentum of the figuration, which was not led to the end of the scale (f4) – cf. bars 382-383;
  • the parts of both hands unnaturally coinciding on the last quaver in bar 390, f3.

Therefore, in the main text we provide the GE version (→FE,EE,IE), in which Chopin's intention was undoubtedly figured out correctly.

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issues: GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 391

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

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In A the  to the 6th quaver in the bar is missing, which, in the face of the lack of an octave sign in the 1st half of the bar, does not impact the pitch of the note (a  is present at the same pitch before a1, two notes earlier). Chopin also omitted the  to the last quaver (a) and the  to the bottom note of the 4th L.H. octave (F). All the 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