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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 10

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

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GE and EE added a  before b2. However, the Chopinesque  before b1 is a cautionary accidental; in this context, repeating it next to the 2nd demisemiquaver (placed an octave higher) of this group does not seem necessary.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 10

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

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In the 1st group of demisemiquavers in this bar, one can see in A a crossed-out accidental – most probably a  – before the 3rd demisemiquaver. Formally, the accidental is not necessary here; it is absent both in FC and FE (→EE1). However, the presence of the f pedal note as well as f2 at the end of the previous bar justify its addition in the form of a cautionary accidental, which was performed in GE and EE2.
See also the next note.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Deletions in A

b. 10

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

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In A (→FE) a cautionary  is only before c1. In the main text we add a corresponding accidental also in the L.H. That addition was already introduced by FC (→GE) and EE. See also b. 13.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Fontana's revisions

b. 11

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

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In this bar and the two analogous ones (51 and 59) Chopin inserted a cautionary   before a1 in A (→GE→FE→EE). We omit that unnecessary sign.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 11

composition: Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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We add a cautionary  before e2. The sign was placed in GE4 (→GE5), in which the revisers also added a  for e1 in the L.H. (according to us, unnecessary). Both signs appear in GE4 (→GE5) only the first time.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals