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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 2

composition: Op. 28 No. 9, Prelude in E major

c in A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE) & CGS

d in $GE2 (→GE3)
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The version of GE2 is a result of an arbitrary revision, provoked by a mistake committed in GE1 in the next triplet, i.e. a c was printed there instead of a d, which is a patent mistake. While correcting that place the reviser of GE2 probably started thinking that the middle notes of the triplets are to create an octave echo of the melodic notes in this entire fragment (b. 1-3 corresponding in GE to the first line of the text) and changed c to d also in the 2nd triplet. Consequently, none of the impressions of GE includes the correct text in this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 2

composition: Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

e2 in A (→FC,FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

g2 in GE1
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The engraver of GE1 did not notice (considered it a mistake?) that the first two notes of the last triplet do not constitute the interval of an octave, unlike in the previous ones. The mistake was corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions

b. 2

composition: Op. 28 No. 15, Prelude in D♭ major

b in A (→FC,FE) & GE2 (→GE3)

a in GE1
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The version of GE1 must be the engraver's mistake, corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 2

composition: Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

c2-e2 in A (→FC,FE→EE)

e2-c2 in GE
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The version of GE is a mistake of the engraver, which is indicated by the concordant version of the remaining sources and by a comparison with analogous motifs in b. 18 as well as in b. 6 and 22.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 3

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

 A phrase mark in A

A tie in GE (→FE→EE)
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The slur of A clearly has a phrasing function and relates to whole chords, also the progression of the upper voice g1-a1. Relocating it to the side of the note heads, which was one of routine operations performed by engravers, completely changed the sense of that marking. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Placement of markings , Errors in GE