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

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b. 237-238

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

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

b. 237

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

Quaver & rest in A

Crotchet in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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The extension of the e3-c4 sixth almost certainly resulted from the distraction of the engraver of GE1, who overlooked the quaver flag and the rest.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 237

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

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The traces of erasure visible in A prove that some marks in the bottom part of the stave were being removed. Perhaps Chopin initially wrote the L.H. part in the 2nd half of the bar an octave lower (by mistake – cf. the Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, bars 159-160).

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A

b. 239-241

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

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 concerning the L.H. octaves, added by EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 239-240

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

Slurs in A (→GE→EE), literal reading

Ties in FE & IE

Ties, our alternative suggestion
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The meaning of the 3 slurs/ties in bar 239 visible in A (→GE→EE) is unclear, since they are not continued in the next bar, which opens a new line. One can see them as "tenuto-slurs", sometimes found in Chopin's autographs or as unfinished ties (to e1 and c2) and an articulation-motivic slur (the third slur, the middle one). According to us, the second possibility is more likely – overlooked endings of the ties and the slur – and this is the version, introduced also by FE and IE, that we provide in the main text. An alternative suggestion would be a version of notation facilitating the interpretation, in which the middle slur was omitted, suggesting that a1 should be tied as well.

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

issues: FE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation , Tenuto slurs ,