Issues : Errors in FE

b. 1

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

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions

b. 1

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

Staccato dot in A (→FC)

No mark in FE (→EE) & GE

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In the main text we include the staccato dot placed in A quite high above the 1st quaver; perhaps this is the reason it was overlooked in FE (→EE). On the basis of the preserved photograph, it is difficult to conclude whether the dot was copied in FC. According to us, it is likely that it is between the ledger lines, poorly legible due to the beam in b. 41, visible through the other page.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE

b. 1

composition: Op. 28 No. 14, Prelude in E♭ minor

 in A (→FCGE)

 in FE (→EE)

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The change of time signature from  to  is a frequent inaccuracy of French editions – cf., e.g. the Etude in C, Op. 10 No. 1, b. 1. In the second book of Preludes, in all three provided with  in A, i.e. E Minor, No. 14, B Minor, No. 16 and F Minor, No. 18, it was reproduced as

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , 4/4 or 2/2

b. 1

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

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The 4th quaver in FE is an erroneous f1, as a result of which the next quaver is also wrong – it is an e1 instead of an e1. A comparison with analog. b. 9, 41 and 49 suggests a mistake; another argument is the presence of a , completely unjustified before f1. The mistake was rectified in EE; a corresponding correction is also in FED.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 1

composition: Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

 in A (→FCGE)

 in FE (→EE)

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The change of time signature in FE probably resulted from the engraver's inattention. In Chopin's pieces, it was common that engravers did not differentiate between  and , see the Prelude No. 14 in E Minor.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , 4/4 or 2/2