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Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 35

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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FE1 lacks flats in front of the second and sixth quaver. The accidentals were added in FE2 and EE. The latter also adds  in front of b1 on the last quaver. All three mentioned accidentals are also present in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 35

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

Semibreves in FE (→EE)

Minims in GE
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In FE (→EE) the third b1-d2 is a semibreve. Most probably it is an error of the engraver of FE1. In the main text we give the undoubtedly correct text of GE. Similarly in bars 43 and 59.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 36

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

Accidentals in FE1

GE and FE2

EE
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Lack of flats in front of two last quavers is a patent inaccuracy of FE1, corrected in FE2. GE also has a correct text. A suitable addition was also introduced to EE, in which, however, the pitch of the fourth quaver was changed from c2 to c2, as well as of the sixth one - from f2 to f2 (f2?).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions

b. 37-38

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

 in FE

GE

EE

Our variant suggestion
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The difference in placing  marks in GE and FE, generally in accordance with this kind of discrepancies in the entire Prelude, induces to consider both possibilities in the variant form. However, in this particular fragment we may suspect an inaccuracy of the notation of FE, therefore, we propose  in the middle of bar 38, in accordance with all analogous bars. A similar correction of the mark's placement was applied in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 37

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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FE1 is lacking  in front of the second quaver, which was added in FE2 and EE. GE also has a correct text. See the remark concerning bars 28-37.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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