mUltimate Chopin

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

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Page: 
Source: 
p. 3, b. 49-80
p. 1, b. 1-24
p. 2, b. 25-48
p. 3, b. 49-80
Main text
Main text
A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Revised impression of FE1
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
IE - Italian edition
IE1 - First Italian edition
Select notes: 
Category
All
Graphic ambiguousness
Interpretations within context
Differences between sources
Editorial revisions
Corrections & alterations
Source & stylistic information
Notation
All
Pitch
Rhythm
Slurs
Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
Verbal indications
Pedalling
Fingering
Ornaments
Shorthand & other
Differences
No differences
A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Revised impression of FE1
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
IE - Italian edition
IE1 - First Italian edition
Importance
All
Important
Main
Undo Clear
Prezentacja
Select 
copy link Main text

  b. 58-60

Accents in A, literal reading

 hairpins in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

When interpreted literally, the pairs of dynamic marks in these bars look like a crescendo and an accent. However, the comparison with an analogous phrase in bars 49-52 and with bar 57 proves that – which was already noticed in GE (→FE,EE,IE) – Chopin intended them to be pairs of  . Such situations explain, to a certain extent, the engravers' general tendency to prolong dynamic hairpins.

Compare the passage in the sources»

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins, GE revisions, Inaccuracies in A

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

Missing markers on sources: A, GE1, FE1, EE1, EE2, IE1, FE2
Complete ➔