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b. 11

composition: Op. 28 No. 3, Prelude in G major

No rest in FCI

Rest in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)
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As was the case in b. 3-6, the version of FCI – almost certainly earlier – does not separate the final c2-d2 second with a rest. Cf. also b. 7-10.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 11

composition: Op. 28 No. 3, Prelude in G major

in FCI

No marking in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)
..

 can be understood here as valid until poco cresc. in b. 15 or, which seems more likely, as concerning this bar only or even this motif only.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 11

composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor

c-e-a in As, A (→FC,FE→EE) & CGS

B-d-a in GE
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The fact that the chord was not changed in the middle of the bar must be a mistake of the engraver of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 11-19

composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor

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Both in b. 11 and 19, the grace notes in A (→FE→EE) are non-slashed, whereas in FC (→GE) – slashed. It is an inaccuracy that would often happen to Fontana-copyist, in this case almost certainly contrary to the intention of Chopin. The Chopinesque entries in FED equate the grace note and the crotchet with two quavers, which can be considered one of the performance possibilities of these motifs. We recommend a slightly shorter grace note, which could be written down as .
We give the variants resulting from the above differences of notation in the notes to b. 10-11 and 18-19.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Non-slashed grace notes , Fontana's revisions

b. 11

composition: Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

in A (→FE→EE)

in FC (→GE)
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Due to the coincidence of minor inaccuracies of FC and GE, the  mark in the latter was already placed much farther than in A. We also assume that the versions of FC and GE, differing by a half of a semiquaver, are equivalent.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FC