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Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

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. 43

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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In the 1st chord the notes b1-b2 have naturals in all sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 47-48

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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The sources differ in the placement of cautionary naturals before the notes a in those bars. FE has only one natural and just in bar 48 (before the 3rd quaver). The sign is also present in EE, in which, however, another three were added in bar 47 – before a2 in the chord at the beginning of the bar and two in the L.H. In GE  were placed before the first appearance of the note in each hand; undoubtedly, the sign before the 4th quaver was added during the proofing.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 52

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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The cautionary sharp before D is included only in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 64

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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The sources differ in the presence of cautionary accidentals:  before c are in GE and FE2; the  before the grace note d1 is in FE (→EE). The sharps before f and f1 were added by us.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals