mUltimate Chopin

Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
A
Main text
As - Autograph sketch
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
CGS - Copy by George Sand
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. 22-23

Dashes up to bar 23 in A

Dashes in bar 22 in FC

No dashes in FE (→EE), GE & CGS

The missing dashes marking the range of smorzando is an inaccuracy of FE (→EE) and GE, quite frequent in Chopinesque first editions.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE, Errors in GE, Inaccuracies in FC

notation: Verbal indications

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