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Issues : Fontana's revisions

b. 15

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

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In A there is no  before the top note of the L.H. chord on the 4th beat of the bar. The patent inaccuracy was already corrected in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , FE revisions , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 16-29

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

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In both copies by Fontana, abridged notation was used in a few places to mark repeated L.H. semiquaver figurations (in b. 29 also in the R.H.) – in FCI in b. 16, 19-22 and 29, in FC in b. 16, 19-21 and 29.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Fontana's revisions

b. 16

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

No hairpins in As & EE1

  in A, contextual interpretation

  in FC (→GE) & EE2

  in FE

  in CGS
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The range of the   hairpins in A is unclear, since the  is written at the end of the line, practically already beyond the bar line. In spite of that, diminuendo must concern also b. 16, since at the beginning of b. 17 we can already see a new sign – . This is how it was interpreted both in FC (→GE) and FE (with a slight difference in the range), and this is the interpretation we give in the main text. The absence of the marks in EE1 is most probably a mistake of the engraver, rectified in EE2 on the basis of a comparison with GE1, which is indicated by the compliance of the range of the marks. The hairpins in CGS are most probably inaccurately outlined marks of FE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in EE , FE revisions , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 17

composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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In A there are no naturals raising b to b and B to B. The accidentals were added both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 17

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

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In A there is no  before the bottom note of the L.H. octave. As at the end of b. 15, this patent inaccuracy of Chopin was already corrected in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , FE revisions , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A