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Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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Issues : Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 103

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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In A there are two naturals written by someone else next to the following notes: a2 (the 4th quaver) and b2 (the 10th quaver) in the R.H. The remaining sources include here – according to the musical sense and analogous bar 21 – cautionary flats.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 104

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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We add a cautionary natural next to f2. The sign was added by someone else in A and printed in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 104

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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In A cautionary flats before a2 and b2 were added by someone else. Both unnecessary signs were printed in GE1 and deleted in GE2 (→GE3→GE4). 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 104

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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We add a cautionary flat next to d3. The sign was added by a foreign hand in A and printed in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 106

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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We add the cautionary e3 flat. The sign was already added in GE. A has here an incorrect, unjustified natural written by a foreign hand. In GE2 (→GE3→GE4) a flat was also added next to e, the 10th quaver in the L.H. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Cautionary accidentals