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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 3

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

b1-c2 & g1-c2 in AsI, basic version

b1-c2 & g1-c2 in AsI, basic version

b1-e2 & g1-e2 in AsI, later version

b1-e2 & g1-e2 in AsI, later version

2 times b1-e2 in A

2 times b1-e2 in A
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The version of the 2nd half of the bar added in AsI seems to be the first version of the final text, hence we regard it as a variant of the latter. However, as upon the return of this bar (bar 19) AsI has only one version, identical to the final one, all three versions can be actually treated interchangeably.

The AsI notation is inaccurate in terms of accidentals – in the principal version the  raising e2 to e2 is written only just in the 4th R.H. figure, while in the added version there is no natural at all. On the other hand, in the L.H. part, Chopin unnecessarily repeated a  to e1 in the 4th passage.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Cautionary accidentals , Accompaniment changes

b. 4

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

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In JC, there is a cautionary  before the third quaver (A), which is completely unjustified in the context of the version of bar 3 written in that copy.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 4

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

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In front of a1, the bottom note of the 4th third, all sources include . The sign is totally unjustified in this place (we omit it in the main text), however, it reveals Chopin's doubt, as far as the notation of the a/a note in the Gkey is concerned (cf. the note to bar 7).

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 4

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

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We add a cautionary  in the main text. Chopin wrote a corresponding accidental in similar bar 52.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals

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