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Issues : Errors of FC

b. 4-5

composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

Separate slurs in A

Continuous slur in #KC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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In A there is a phrase mark over b. 1-4 and also another one, which, when interpreted literally, starts from the 2nd quaver in b. 5. Therefore, nothing indicates Chopin's intention to combine them, hence the interpretations of both FC and FE must be considered erroneous (besides, the copyist considered the division of the phrase mark in b. 7-8 and 8-9 to be accidental too). Moreover, we assume that the beginning of the phrase mark in b. 5 is inaccurate in A; according to our interpretation, it starts from the 1st quaver. It is justified by the fact that in a few other situations Chopin equated a phrase mark beginning between the 1st and 2nd quavers to a phrase mark running clearly from the 1st quaver, e.g. b. 1 and 9 or 29 and 31. See also the note to b. 54-55.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors of FC

b. 4

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

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In FC there is no accidental before the 2nd semiquaver in the 3rd group. The structure of the figuration and the  present two notes further (as well as analog. b. 20) made the reviser of GE realize the mistake of the copyist and add a . 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of FC

b. 4

composition: Op. 28 No. 18, Prelude in F minor

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A (→FE) has a cautionary  before the 7th L.H. semiquaver, a1. The accidental was omitted in FC (→GE1), however, EE and GE2 have flats there in both the L.H. and R.H. parts. We also include these signs in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Errors of FC

b. 5

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

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In FE (→GE1) the last two semiquavers in these bars were erroneously copied from the next group (the 3rd and 4th semiquaver in bar 6). The mistake was corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Errors of FC

b. 5

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

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The sources differ in notation of the accidentals on the 1st and 4th semiquavers of the last group. Due to the regularity of the figurations, it can be assumed that Chopin was thinking about b2-d3 and d3-f3. When the group is written without the octave sign, the text does not require any signs and this is the notation we see in FE. In the remaining sources, an octave sign was used (same as in the main text), which leads to the need of making the notation more precise:

  • In FC (→GE1) the last third is written at an erroneous pitch, hence the problem concerns only the 1st third, which is not preceded by any sign.
  • In EE1 there are also no signs before the 1st third, in turn, there are sharps before both notes of the last third. It is undoubtedly a mistake, as the  next to d3 makes sense only before the 1st third. In EE2 (→EE3) the  concerning d3 was not moved, yet a  was added before b2.
  • GE2 (→GE3) includes the notation compatible with the contemporary standards, adopted also in the main text.

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

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , GE revisions , Errors of FC