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Issues : Fontana's revisions

b. 18-20

composition: Op. 28 No. 21, Prelude in B♭ major

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In A (→FE) there is not a single  lowering d to d in these bars. Chopin's patent inaccuracy was corrected in FC (→GE) and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 19-23

composition: Op. 28 No. 21, Prelude in B♭ major

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In A Chopin overlooked a few necessary flats in the R.H. part: in b. 19 d2, in b. 21 d3 and g2, in b. 22 d2 and d3. FC added only the first  in b. 21; in addition, the copyist overlooked the  of g2 in b. 23. FE also added only some of the necessary flats, next to d2(3) in b. 21-22, and – which is puzzling – also overlooked the  of g2 in b. 23. GE and EE added all necessary accidentals.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 21

composition: Op. 28 No. 11, Prelude in B major

Long, tied grace note in A

Short, not tied grace note in FC (→GE)

, no grace note in FE (→EE1)

 & grace note in EE2
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We reproduce the grace note and the curved lines in principle after the notation of A, in which, however, the slur running from the grace note to the f2 minim is led under the notes and overlaps with the tie of the grace note, pointing downwards. It confused the interpreters of A:

  • in FC (→GE) the copyist omitted both slur and tie and provided the grace note with a conventional form of a slashed quaver, which was typical of him;
  • the engraver of FE (→EE1) combined the grace note and the overlapping slur and tie in one mark – .

EE2 supplemented the FE version with a grace note taken from GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors of FC , Fontana's revisions

b. 21-22

composition: Op. 28 No. 21, Prelude in B♭ major

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In these bars Chopin did not enter any accidentals into the L.H. part at all. All necessary flats were added in FC (→GE); they are also in EE. In turn, FE added accidentals only before the fifths that open the bars.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , FE revisions , Fontana's revisions , Errors repeated in FE

b. 21

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

under L.H. part in A

in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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According to us, the position of the  indication under the bottom stave in A does not mean that it refers to the L.H. only. Due to the above reason, in the main text we put it in its usual place, in accordance with the remaining sources.

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

issues: Corrections in A , FE revisions , Fontana's revisions