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Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

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Issues : Errors of FC

b. 28

composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

Slur in A

No slur in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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The slur of A, although perfectly clear, was overlooked both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE). See also bars 29-30.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors of FC

b. 31-37

composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

2 slurs in bars 31-37 in A (→FE→EE)

Slur in bars 35-36 in FC
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The missing phrase mark in b. 31-34 resulted from Fontana's distraction – he forgot to insert phrase marks in the 2nd half of the line of the text in FC, which encompasses these bars. The copyist also inaccurately wrote the ending of the phrase mark in the next bars, not having led it explicitly to the 1st chord in b. 37, as it is in A. The earlier version of slurring of b. 33-34 written down in A – see the note on those bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 61-64

composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

Slur in A (→FE→EE)

No slur in FC (→GE)
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Fontana in FC (→GE) overlooked the L.H. slur.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC

b. 78-79

composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

Bars 78-79 in A (→FE→EE)

No these bars in FC (→GE)
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These bars were overlooked in FC (→GE). It is a typical mistake of copyists – the so-called haplography – where an element or fragment that should be written twice is written once; in this case, the discussed bars were overlooked, since they were very similar to b. 76-77 (which preceded them). Fontana committed such a mistake also in the Prelude No. 21 in B Major, b. 54. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC