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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 6

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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In the main text we omit the superfluous flats before the D-d octave.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 6

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

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In the main text we omit the unjustified cautionary  before g1, featured in all sources.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 6

composition: Op. 28 No. 8, Prelude in F♯ minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before f2. We also keep the cautionary  before d1 in the L.H. part, present in all sources.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 6

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

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In A (→FE,FC→GE) there is a  before the d2 crotchet. In the main text we omit the accidental, which was also performed in EE. The use of g1 and g in the L.H. part in the previous bar and on the 2nd quaver in this bar provides the fragment preceding the discussed note with a minor tone, which probably resulted in the need to specify its pitch.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 6

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

No accidentals (c-c1) in A (→FE,FC→GE1)

Naturals (c-c1) in EE

Flats (c-c1) in GE2 (→GE3)
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Before the R.H. penultimate quaver Chopin wrote in A a cautionary  which he crossed out after having checked it was not essential. This proves the intended pitch to be c-c1 here. Therefore, the EE version is arbitrary – the reviser repeated here his amendment from the previous bar where he added (rightly there) naturals rising c-c1 to c-c1. We add cautionary flats in the main text here as GE2 already has done.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Deletions in A