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Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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Issues : FE revisions

b. 67

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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The slurs in the R.H. have three version in the sources, out of which only one – the continuation of the slur from bar 66 – is authentic, according to us. Due to the need to coordinate the versions of the slurs with the versions of the rhythm in the 1st half of the bar, the slurring variants are considered in the remark concerning rhythm.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , FE revisions

b. 73

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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The omitted  before the last quaver in FE1 was added in FE2 and EE. The correct text is also in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 79

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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This and two similar remarks in subsequent lines (one per each line) concern the differences in the presence of accidentals. We have included all situations in which at least one of the sources differs from the others, but in which the presence or absence of the sign does not raise any doubts, as far as the correct sound is concerned.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Cautionary accidentals , EE inaccuracies , FE revisions

b. 79

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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In the second line of Cadenza the sources indicate a number of differences in the presence of accidentals. They do not cause any doubts concerning the text, therefore, we signalise them altogether. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions

b. 79

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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In FE1 the 3rd quaver in the 4th group in the line is g-c1. The error, consisting in the exchange of accidentals, is proven by:

  • unjustified violation of the figuration’s scheme;
  • correct text of GE;
  • unjustified accidentals in the next group, a  before the 2nd quaver g and a  before c1 at the end of the group.

In FE2 and EE, trying to correct a few of the wrong pitches resulting from that error, a  was added before g at the beginning of the 5th group. Moreover, in EE1 two erroneous signs were replaced: the  before the lower note was replaced with a natural and the  before the upper one was deleted. The correct text was introduced only in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , FE revisions