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Issues : Annotations in FEJ

b. 22-23

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

Fingering written into FEJ

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering

Our variant suggestion based on FEJ & FES
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As in previous similar figures, in FES – differently than in FEJ – finger swaps were indicated on one key (the opposite situation is to be found only in b. 18).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Differences in fingering , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ

b. 22

composition: Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

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In FE (→EE1) there is an erroneous  before the bottom note of the sixth (e1). The mistake was corrected in all teaching copies bearing traces of being developed with Chopin. A corresponding correction was also entered into EE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ , Errors repeated in EE

b. 22-23

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

B1 tied in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE) & CGS

H1 repeated in FES

Our variant suggestion
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A mark annotated on FES is probably meant to cancel the tie to B1. The repetition of B1 is also possibly suggested by the fingering written into FEJ – the fifth finger in sequence under B1 in bar 22, and B1 and B in bar 23. The repeated B1 in bar 23 may be seen as advantageous in view of the rhythm of the basic motif and the original pedalling. Taking this into account we suggest a variant version in the main text – a tie in parantheses.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ

b. 25

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

The initial concept of the dynamics in A (→GE→FE→EE)

Deleted hairpins in FEJ and FES

 written into FEFr

The editors' variant proposal
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The return of the first theme of the Nocturne in bar 26 was initially  – in A (→GE→FE→EE) – preceded with a . mark. Chopin deleted it in FEJ and FES, and in FEFr Franchomme removed   and written in  .

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEFr , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Annotations in FEJ

b. 27

composition: Op. 27 No 1, Nocturne in C# minor

No teaching annotations

Signs pencilled in FES, literal reading

Annotations in FES (interpretation) and FEJ
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We present the teaching annotations in the form

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ