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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 11

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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The cautionary natural before c2 was added – probably by Chopin – in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 11

composition: Op. 22, Andante spianato

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In the main text we omit the superfluous cautionary  before the 3rd semiquaver, f, present in all sources.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 11

composition: Op. 28 No. 9, Prelude in E major

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The cautionary sharp before f is present in all sources except for EE1. It means that the overlooked, and perhaps removed accidental, was then added in EE2, perhaps as part of the comparison of the text with GE1, undertaken in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Cautionary accidentals

b. 11

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

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AsI includes a few unjustified cautionary accidentals in this bar: a  to the R.H. b1 note at the beginning of the bar, a  to e1 in the 2nd and 4th L.H. hemidemisemiquaver groups and a  to e2 in the 2nd R.H. group.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 12

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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We add a cautionary natural next to f2 on the 4th quaver of the bar. The sign was added by someone else in A and put in GE.

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

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Cautionary accidentals