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b. 6

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

Pedalling in A (→FE→EE)

No markings in FC (→GE)
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The missing pedalling markings are one of a few oversights of the copyist in this Prelude.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC

b. 6

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

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The  restoring g in the 2nd half of the bar is absent in all the sources. It is one of Chopin's most common mistakes. The g note is so obvious that EE did not notice the mistake in spite of the cautionary  having been added before g1 in the 2nd R.H. chord.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 6-7

composition: Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

Fingering written into FESch

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FESch

b. 6-14

composition: Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

Long accents in A

Short accents in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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In A all accents in b. 6, 8 and 14 are clearly long, which, however, was misunderstood both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 6

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

No accidentals (c-c1) in A (→FE,FC→GE1)

Naturals (c-c1) in EE

Flats (c-c1) in GE2 (→GE3)
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Before the R.H. penultimate quaver Chopin wrote in A a cautionary  which he crossed out after having checked it was not essential. This proves the intended pitch to be c-c1 here. Therefore, the EE version is arbitrary – the reviser repeated here his amendment from the previous bar where he added (rightly there) naturals rising c-c1 to c-c1. We add cautionary flats in the main text here as GE2 already has done.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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