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FE1

Main text

A - Autograph

FC - Fontana's copy

FE - French edition

FE1 - First French edition

FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1

FED - Dubois copy

FEJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy

FES - Stirling copy

FESch - Scherbatoff copy

GE - German edition

GE1 - First German edition

GE2 - Revised impression of GE1

GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2

EE - English edition

EE1 - First English edition

EE1a - Corrected impression of EE1

EE2 - Revised impression of EE1a

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b. 1-2

		Asymmetric in bar 1 in A, literal reading
		Asymmetric in bars 1-2 in A, contextual interpretation
		Symmetric in bar 1 in FC (literal reading→GE)
		Symmetric in bars 1-2 in FC, contextual interpretation

The hairpins are of different length in A, which we reproduce in the main text. Both Fontana in FC (→GE) and the engraver of FE (→EE) considered it an inaccuracy and inserted symmetrical, half-bar marks. Moreover, including those marks in b. 2 (written in an abridged manner with •/• marks, which mean that b. 1 should be repeated) is an issue. According to us, it would be opportune to repeat those marks, as it was performed in FE (→EE), since they are an integral part of the sonic shape of this figuration.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE, Inaccuracies in FC

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Op. 28 No. 14, Prelude in E♭ minor