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Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

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

Regular size notes in FE (→EE)

Small notes in GE
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In FE (→EE) Cadenza was printed with normal-sized notes. A similar inaccurate reading of manuscripts can be found in the Mazurka in C major Op. 24 No. 2, bars 70-88, as well as in the Scherzo in B major Op. 31, bars 281-284.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

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. 85

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

Rhythmic notation in FE1

GE and FE2

EE

Our suggestion
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The notation of the octave a1-a2 in FE and GE is certainly inaccurate, which was corrected by the reviser of #EE. In that edition, however, one extending dot was added next to a1, which indicates a misunderstanding of Chopin's simplified notation, in which the progression a1-g1 of the lower voice was not separated.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Different values of chord components , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE