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

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b. 161

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

Long accent in A (→GE), possible interpretation

 hairpin in A, contextual interpretation

Short accent in FE, EE & IE
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It is unclear whether the mark in A is a diminuendo or an accent (long). In GE it was reproduced as an accent, longer than the short ones in bar 153, yet shorter than the majority of typical long accents. In the main text we provide a  hairpin due to the  in analogous bar 157. Diminuendo is also present in bar 87 and is a natural choice in the endings of all the related four-bar sections whose melodic shape is of a clearly ascending and descending nature. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 162-163

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

Slur from 2nd quaver in A (→GE→EE,IE)

Slur from 1st quaver in FE
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The slur having been shifted by a quaver is most probably an inaccuracy by the engraver of FE, one of a few in this fragment.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 162-163

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

5 in A (→GE→FE,IE)

254 & 5 in EE
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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. 164

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

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to f2.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 164-165

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

No fingering in A (→GE→FE,IE)

Fingering in EE
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In the main text, we do not include the inauthentic fingering added by EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions