mUltimate Chopin

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

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Select: 
Category
All
Graphic ambiguousness
Interpretations within context
Differences between sources
Editorial revisions
Corrections & alterations
Source & stylistic information
Notation
All
Pitch
Rhythm
Slurs
Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
Verbal indications
Pedalling
Fingering
Ornaments
Shorthand & other
Importance
All
Important
Main
Undo Clear

b. 158

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

..

In EE1 there is a  to the last L.H. quaver, instead of a . The mistake was rectified in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 159-161

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

No fingering in A (→GE→FE,IE)

Fingering in A
..

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. 160

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

Crotchet e1 in A & IE

Dotted crotchet e1 in GE (→FE,EE)
..

The addition of an augmentation dot to e1 is a wrong revision, based on the assumption that the bottom voice, represented by the e1 crotchet and the c1 quaver, should be complemented so that it is a minim. According to us, it is already complemented by the f1 quaver on which both bottom voices meet. An approximate record of voices performed by one hand is typical of the Chopinesque notation. In this case, it seems that it was the overly precise notation on the last quaver that caused the misunderstanding – had Chopin written the 2nd half of the bar as follows: , the mistake probably would not have happened.
The omission of this dot in IE, unless it is an oversight, proves that the engraver/reviser of this edition had a better understanding of voice leading. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions ,

b. 160-161

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

..

In the main text we add cautionary accidentals – a  to d in bar 160 and a  to e in bar 161. The latter was also added in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 161

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

..

The  to the last quaver (B1), overlooked in A, was added in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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