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Issues : Accidentals in different octaves

b. 19-23

composition: Op. 28 No. 21, Prelude in B♭ major

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In A Chopin overlooked a few necessary flats in the R.H. part: in b. 19 d2, in b. 21 d3 and g2, in b. 22 d2 and d3. FC added only the first  in b. 21; in addition, the copyist overlooked the  of g2 in b. 23. FE also added only some of the necessary flats, next to d2(3) in b. 21-22, and – which is puzzling – also overlooked the  of g2 in b. 23. GE and EE added all necessary accidentals.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 19

composition: Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

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In A (→FC,FE) as well as in FCI there is no  raising e to e. The obvious Chopin's inaccuracy was corrected in GE and EE.
FC also lacks  in front of the first L.H. quaver, E. Fontana's error was corrected in GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Errors of FC , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 20

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

d-a-c1 in CLI (interpretation)

c-a-b in Ap

d-a-b in FE (→GE,EE) 
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In the sources there are three enharmonically different forms of this chord. Two of them are inaccurately written: in CLI there are no flats lowering d to d and a to a and in FE there is no  lowering d to d (which was corrected both in GE and EE). In the main text we give the notation adopted by Chopin in the version for publication. Cf. bar 22.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Chopin's hesitations , Omission of current key accidentals , Accompaniment changes , Enharmonic corrections

b. 20-24

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

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The majority of the sources are missing some of the necessary cautionary signs (flats), which, however, only to the minimal extent impedes the correct interpretation of the text. As it can be concluded from the notation of FE, probably the closest to the notation of [A], Chopin generally omitted the sign next to the note, which already appeared in the same bar, with a relevant sign, one octave lower or higher (in the discussed fragment, FE lacks 12 flats). In GC and EE1 the notation is more precise, further additions were also introduced in EE2 (→EE3), yet only GE has a fully correct text. Similarly in bars 25-28.  

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 21-23

composition: Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

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The sources are missing some of the flats before g notes (in various octaves). None of these inaccuracies raise any doubt concerning the sound intended by Chopin. In AI there are no  before g, as well as before G and g1 in bar 23. In A both flats in the L.H. in the 2nd half of bar 22 are missing; only the first of them was added in FE. The remaining sources have the correct text. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A