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Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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b. 22

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

g1-a1 in FE (→EE)

a1-b1 in GE & FEJ
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The fact that FE (→EE) have got a mistaken version here is testififed by the version of GE and a hand-written correction in FEJ.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Annotations in FEJ

b. 22-23

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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Lack of sustained B in FE is doubtless a mistake, as we can conclude from the presence of the tie in GE (and EE) and from analogous bars, e.g. 8-9 and 12-13.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 26-27

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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In FE1 there is no  lowering g2 to g2, neither before the penultimate quaver in bar 26, nor at the beginning of bar 27. These patent inaccuracies were corrected both in FE2 and in EE. Moreover, in FE, both in the last octave in bar 26 and in the chord at the beginning of bar 27, all c notes have sharps. In EE the sharps are left only in bar 26. GE has a correct text in accordance with the modern notation rules.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , Cautionary accidentals , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions

b. 27

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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In FE1 there is no  lowering f1 to f1, which was added in FE2 and EE. A suitable accidental is also in GE. Moreover, in EE there is a  in front of d2, the last quaver of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , FE revisions

b. 28-37

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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Three last quavers in bars 28, 31 and 37 do not have accidentals in FE1. That Chopin’s notation inaccuracy was corrected in FE2 (apart from  of e in bar 28). The notation of GE and EE is completely correct.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , FE revisions