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b. 3-11

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

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In A (→FC,FE), there are no naturals raising b to b in b. 3 and 11. Similar inaccuracies in the notation of notes separated by an octave are often to be found in the Preludes; in this one and in some others, they are even a rule – cf. e.g. the Prelude in F Minor No. 8, b. 1-4. The accidentals were added in GE and EE.
Similarly in b. 35.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 3-7

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

Fingering written into FED

Fingering digit written into FES

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we give the undoubtedly Chopinesque fingering entered into FED in b. 3 and 7. The key element of that fingering – the 4th finger for the g2 minim – was also added in FES. The 4th finger crossing over the 5th (typical of the Chopinesque fingering) and the 4th finger slipping down from a black to a white key were also indicated in analogous b. 22 and 78. See also b. 14, 15-16 and, e.g. the Sonata in B Minor, Op. 35, 3rd mov., b. 31 or the Nocturne in B Major, Op. 32 No. 1, b. 37.
According to us, indicating the 1st finger twice means that the notes should be performed by the R.H., but it is not explicitly marked (as it was done, e.g. in b. 9); they could also be performed by the L.H. However, the following reasoning is an argument in favour of the R.H. – all notes with beams on the bottom stave should be generally performed by the L.H., which, in this context, implies this very fingering, which, therefore, would not need to be marked at all. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES

b. 3

composition: Op. 28 No. 14, Prelude in E♭ minor

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The last R.H. quaver in GE is an erroneous e1 note – the engraver probably applied the pattern from the previous bars, in which the outer notes of the 2nd and 4th triplets are at the same pitch.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 3

composition: Op. 28 No. 13, Prelude in F♯ major

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In A (→FC) certain repeating six-quaver accompaniment figures are marked in an abridged manner with •/•. In A it concerns the 2nd halves of b. 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17 and 19, entire b. 14 and the 1st half of b. 12; in FC, also the 1st half of b. 10. The editions did not use abbreviations at all.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 3

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

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In A (→FE,FC→GE) there is no  restoring g1 on the 3rd crotchet in the bottom R.H. voice. The mistake was noticed only in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE