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

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b. 294-295

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

sempre legato in b. 295 in A (→GE→FE,EE,IE)

sempre legato in b. 294 suggested by editors
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In A the sempre legato indication is written at the beginning of a new page, in bar 295. However, the way it was written may suggest that Chopin also wanted it to concern the preceding bar, which seems logical, since this is the first bar in which the figuration is devoid of a slur (cf., e.g. bar 164). Due to the above, in the main text we put it in bar 294.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 294

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

 in A (literal reading→GE→FE,EE,IE)

Long accent in A, contextual interpretation
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We interpret the  mark entered into A as a long accent – cf. bars 108-109. The editions generally present its literal interpretation – only the beginning thereof was slightly moved. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 294-298

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

Crotchet A in A (→GE→FE,EE1,IE)

No A in EE2
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The version of the last crotchet in bar 294 and 298 was introduced into EE2 probably by analogy with bar 306 and 310, in which a respective note (a) was omitted already in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 294-296

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

No fingering in A (→GE→FE,IE)

Fingering in EE, interpretation
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In the main text, we do not include the inauthentic L.H. fingering added by EE. In the 2nd half of bar 296 the same fingering is printed above and below the notes. This is probably an example of an unfinished correction, the aim of which was to move the digits, probably from above to below – new ones were added but old ones were not removed.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Errors resulting from corrections , Partial corrections

b. 295-296

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

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In A the R.H. part is written on the bottom stave. It is Chopin's oversight – on a new page of A (starting in bar 295), he probably forgot that he wanted to use both staves in this section – cf. the A notation from the middle of bar 292 to bar 294 and then in bars 297-305. Therefore, in our transcriptions we separate the parts of both hands in accordance with the way the remaining part of this theme was written down. This was already done in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Source & stylistic information