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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 9

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

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FE (→GE,EE) has cautionary naturals before the last semiquaver in bars 9 and 13. Despite being undeniably authentic, the signs are, according to us, unnecessary in such a regular figuration.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 9-13

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

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The cautionary naturals before c1 in the L.H. were added in bars 9 and 13 in one of the last proofreadings of FE (→GE). They are also included in EE, except for the  overlooked in bar 13 in EE2. The manuscripts do not include any signs in these places. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 9

composition: Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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We add a cautionary  before d1; it was already performed in GE and EE4. We remove the unjustified  before c1 in the 2nd chord; the change was already introduced in GE and EE4.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 9-26

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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We add cautionary flats next to d2 in bar 9 and e1 in bar 10, as well as next to the respective notes in bars 25-26. The additions were also performed in GE1 (→GE2→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 9

composition: Op. 28 No. 8, Prelude in F♯ minor

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In A (→FC→GE) there is a  before b in the 3rd figure of the accompaniment. The unnecessarily repeated accidental was removed in FE (→EE1) but reinstated in EE2. According to us, the crossings-out visible in A in this figure point to a possible mistake of Chopin – that superfluous  was perhaps to be placed before the previous semiquaver, lowering it from g to g.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions