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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 14

composition: Op. 25 No 12, Etude in C minor

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The cautionary  before d is included in EE and GE. The sign in EE may be authentic, yet an editorial revision is more likely, same as in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 14-15

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

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In A (→FC,FE) there are no naturals raising a1 to a1 in these bars. The accidentals were added in GE and EE.
In b. 14 Chopin put a cautionary  before g2; in the main text we also add a  before g1.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Errors repeated in FE

b. 15

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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We add a cautionary  before d flat3.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 15-16

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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In A (→GE1) there is a cautionary  before g flat1 at the beginning of bar 16. The unnecessary sign was omitted in FE (-→EE1→EE2), and in GE2 (→GE3) it was moved one quaver earlier, to bar 15. In EE3, a  was added in bar 16, probably on the basis of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Last key signature sign

b. 15

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

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Following GE2 (→GE3), we add cautionary flats before g1 and g, while we omit the late sign before g1 on the 9th quaver, present in the remaining sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals