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

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b. 60-61

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

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In both bars Chopin wrote a dotted crotchet rest, which was changed in GE (→FE,EE,IE) to a standard version of notation using a crotchet and a quaver rest. We reproduce Chopin's notation only in the graphic transcription.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 71-72

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

f1 tied in A (→GE→FE,IE)

f1 repeated in EE
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In GE (→FE,IE) both the R.H. slur and the R.H. tie were inaccurately reproduced – there is no ending thereof in bar 72, in a new line. In our transcriptions, we interpret this version as compliant with A. In EE the slur was reproduced correctly, but the tie to f1 was omitted. In the main text we provide the unquestionable A notation.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Errors in EE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in IE

b. 78

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

f2 on 2nd & 3rd beat in sources

f2 only on 2nd beat, our alternative suggestion
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The f2 minim played on the 2nd beat of the bar, followed by a crotchet at the same pitch, suggests a possible mistake – the note was either supposed to be a crotchet or it is the repeated f2 note on the 3rd beat that is a mistake. It could have been, e.g. an unfinished correction, in which Chopin added a new version without removing the previous one. As the change of value from a minim to a crotchet can only influence the performance manner of this note, we do not provide the version with a crotchet as a separate variant. In the main text we keep the original notation; it is true that it is puzzling, but it does not include a clear mistake.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors of A