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

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b. 227

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

Accent in A (→GE→FE,IE)

No mark in EE
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The lack of accent is probably a mistake by the engraver of EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 228-230

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

No fingering in A (→GE→FE,IE)

Fingering in EE1

Fingering in EE2
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In the main text we do not include the inauthentic fingering added by EE.
See also bars 237-238, 239-241, 240-244, 245 and 247-248.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 228

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

d2 & d2 in sources

d2 & d2 suggested by the editors
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The version of the sources, in which both the second and the last quaver feature d2 (without any accidental), is almost certainly due to Chopin's oversight, who, after writing a  lowering d2 to d2 at the end of the preceding bar, did not notice that he should have repeated it only just 2 quavers farther on. This assumption is confirmed by an analogous sequence in bar 68, which includes a respective . Taking into account the above, in the main text we add a  in the discussed place, as well as a , necessary in this case, restoring d2 at the end of the bar.  

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A

b. 228

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

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In A there is no  restoring f2 on the last quaver. Chopin's patent oversight was corrected in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 229

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

g-d1-f1 in A

g-f1 in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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In A the d1 notehead in the 2nd L.H. quaver does not align with g and f1 (vertically) and is not adjacent to this quaver's stem. Perhaps this is why it is absent in GE (→FE,EE,IE). The regular nature of this chordal sequence makes a very strong case for the presence of this note (cf. also bars 71-72).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Inaccuracies in A