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Issues : Omission of current key accidentals

b. 12

composition: Op. 28 No. 8, Prelude in F♯ minor

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In A (→FC,FE) there is no  lowering e to e in the last L.H. figure. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 12

composition: Op. 28 No. 15, Prelude in D♭ major

c1 in A (literal reading→FE,FC→GE1)

c1 in EE, GE2 (→GE3), FED & FES
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The version of A (→FE,FC→GE1), without a  before the 3rd quaver in the bar, almost certainly resulted from Chopin's mistake, which is confirmed by the flats he wrote in FED and FES. In FC there is also no  before the 7th quaver, most probably due to an oversight, since in A the accidental is poorly visible due to the crossing-out showing through the page. Admittedly, both flats are visible on the photo of FC; however, they were added there much later by H. Scholtz, which explains the absence of the former in GE1 (the latter was added thanks to the  in the R.H.). The fact that those flats were added later is evidenced by their font (they are clearly bigger than the ones written by Fontana) and by the intensity of blackening, pointing to a pencil.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Annotations in FES , Errors of FC , Errors repeated in FE

b. 13-14

composition: Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

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The sharps raising d3(2) to d3(2), overlooked in the manuscripts, were added in FE (→GE,EE). It is a typical inaccuracy of the Chopin notation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 13

composition: Op. 28 No. 8, Prelude in F♯ minor

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In A (→FC,FE→EE1) there is no accidental before the 1st note in the last group. It must be Chopin's oversight – this and the next bar constitute a cadence in C major, and an enharmonic notation of degree 1 of that key does not make sense. A respective addition in the form of a flat lowering b to b was introduced in GE and EE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 14

composition: Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

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In AI there is no  lowering d1 to d1, which is a patent error.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals