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Issues : Inaccuracies in FC

b. 11

composition: Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

in A (→FE→EE)

in FC (→GE)
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Due to the coincidence of minor inaccuracies of FC and GE, the  mark in the latter was already placed much farther than in A. We also assume that the versions of FC and GE, differing by a half of a semiquaver, are equivalent.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 11

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

in A (→FE→EE)

 in FC

No sign in GE & CGS
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The  hairpin was reproduced inaccurately both in FC and FE (→EE); however, we consider that the change of the mark's range in FE has no impact on its meaning. The omission of the hairpin in GE and CGS must be oversights. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in GE , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 11-12

composition: Op. 28 No. 7, Prelude in A major

in A (→FE→EE)

 in bar 11 in FC (→GE)

No sign in CGS
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We qualify the shorter mark in FC (→GE) and the oversight thereof in CGS as an inaccuracy or a mistake in copying.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC , Errors in CGS

b. 12

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

Two dots in FC (→GE1)

Four dots in FE & GE2

Two dots in EE & GE3
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In the main text we give four staccato dots in the 2nd half of the bar after FE, yet the version of EE with dots only over the bass grounds may also be authentic. Lack of dots over the last two quavers are most probably an oversight of FC (→GE1). The version was then revised in GE2 (to the version of FE) and GE3 (to the version of EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 12

composition: Op. 28 No. 1, Prelude in C major

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In GE the middle note of the 2nd triplet is an erroneous d1. It is a consequence of the note having been inaccurately placed – too low – in FC.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC , Errors repeated in GE