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Issues : Errors repeated in GE

b. 23

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

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A natural before the bottom note of the 1st bottom R.H. voice quaver (e1) is present only in EE, the only one in which this patent inadvertence of Chopin was corrected. Similarly, the  before the bottom note of the 2nd L.H. quaver (b), overlooked in A (→FE,FC→GE), was supplemented only in EE. As far as FCI is concerned, it is difficult to decipher the accidentals here based on the photocopy available to us – it seems that out of 3 necessary accidentals, the top one was overlooked, raising a1 to a1.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 24

composition: Op. 30 No. 1, Mazurka in C minor

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The sources do not include a  restoring b on the 3rd beat of the bar, which means that this accidental was also absent in [A]. In the main text, we correct this oversight, patent in this harmonic context and generally fairly typical of Chopin.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Errors of FC , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 25-27

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

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As was the case with b. 24, in A (→FC,FE) there is not a single  before the a notes (in various octaves). The accidentals were added in EE (all) and in GE (except a1 in b. 26 and a in b. 27).
See also bars 27-32.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Last key signature sign , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE

b. 26-27

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

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In A (→FE1,FC→GE1) there are no flats restoring e2 in these bars, which is Chopin's patent inadvertence. The accidentals were added in EE (both), FE2 (only in b. 26) and GE2 (only in b. 27).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A , FE revisions , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE

b. 26

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

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On the last quaver in A (→FC→GE1) there are no accidentals before the middle notes of the chords in both hands – a  before b1 and a  before d2. The patent inaccuracies were corrected in FE (only the ) and EE (both). In turn, in GE2 (→GE3) naturals were wrongly added before both notes.
(NB: both correct accidentals are present in FCI.) 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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