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Issues : Errors of FC

b. 25-26

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

Slur in A (→FE→EE) & CGS

No slur in FC (→GE)
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The missing slur is one of a few oversights of Fontana in this Prelude – cf. b. 8 and 22.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC

b. 25-27

composition: Op. 28 No. 11, Prelude in B major

Separate slurs in A, literal reading

Continuous slur in A (possible interpretation→FE→EE)

No slur in bars 26-27 in FC (→GE)
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As with the R.H. part, the issue concerning continuation of the L.H. slur is unclear in A due to the transition to a new line – the slur in b. 25 (at the end of the line) may suggest continuation, yet not due to its length, but due to the absence of the final curve; however, the slur in b. 26 does not confirm it. Due to the reasons discussed in the indicated note on the R.H. slur, we assume divided slurs to be more likely, and this is the version we suggest in the main text.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Embracing slurs , Errors of FC , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 25-27

composition: Op. 28 No. 22, Prelude in G minor

Staccato dots in A

No marks in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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These bars are a repetition of b. 17-19; likewise, the staccato dots written in A were not reproduced in any of the remaining sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors of FC

b. 25-28

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

2 slurs in FC, literal reading

Continuous slur in FE (contextual interpretation→EE)

2 slurs in GE
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The slurring of the first phrase in this section is inaccurate or erroneous both in FC and FE. It concerns particularly FC, in which, when interpreted literally, the slurs are unclear and almost certainly incomplete. The slurring of FE can be easily guessed, as a result of which a corrected version of this slurring is already present in EE; in this situation, it is the version we give in the main text.
The slur added in pencil to FC in bars 27-28 comes from the reviser of GE, who considered the absence of a slur in these bars (and actually rightly so) to be a patent mistake (in FC these bars end the page, which is often conducive to oversights).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Errors of FC , Inaccuracies in FC , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 26

composition: Op. 28 No. 1, Prelude in C major

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Fontana overlooked in FC (→GE1) the beam for the bottom R.H. voice. GE2 corrected the mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of FC