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

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b. 304

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

B in A (→GE→EE,IE)

B in FE

B suggested by the editors
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In A (→GE→EE,IE) there is no accidental to the 6th quaver, as a result of which it is to be interpreted as B1. However, it is highly likely that Chopin forgot to cancel the  here and that the ending of the bar, already without alterations, returns to the key of F minor (after a short deviation to C), in force since bar 293. This is how it was interpreted in FE, and this is the version we suggest in the main text, marking our intervention with the help of brackets.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , FE revisions

b. 305

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

F1-c slur in A, literal reading

F1-e slur in A, possible interpretation

F-e slur in A, contextual interpretation & GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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When interpreted literally, the A slur encompasses more or less the notes ranging from F1 to c; it is undoubtedly inaccurate in this form. In this situation it seems natural to lead it to the end of the bar, yet in the main text we include the interpretation adopted by GE (→FE,EE,IE), in which the slur starts from the 2nd quaver, as Chopin clearly wrote it in a similar context in bar 293 and in the entire group of similar figures in bar 154, 162-163, 166-167, 170-171.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions

b. 306-310

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

Crotchet a in A

No crotchet a in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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In bar 306 and 310 the omission of the fragment of the crotchet stem attaching a on the last crotchet of the bar to the R.H. part was an arbitrary simplification of notation performed by the GE engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 306

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

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As in bar 294, the bottom voice third in A is a semibreve, which is a mistake. It was corrected in GE (→FE,EE,IE). In bar 310 all sources include the correct text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors of A

b. 307-308

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 L.H. fingering added by EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions