Issues : EE revisions

b. 1

composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor

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The indication espressivo is written in the sources in the form of an abbreviation: espres. in A, espress. in FC (→GE), FE and CGS and esp. in EE. In the main text we explain the abbreviation, which was probably used due to lack of space in A to write an entire word.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Abbreviated indications

b. 10-12

composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor

2 slurs in As

2 slurs in A (→FC)

2 slurs in GE

Slur in FE

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The longer slur of As is probably the initial version, concerning the crossed-out version of the melodic line in b. 10-11. It is indicated by a second slur between b. 11-12, which begins only just over the a1 crotchet, added (or left) as valid after corrections.
It most probably means that the second slur was also added only after those corrections, probably with intent to replace the first, longer slur with it.
The missing slur in b. 11-12 in FE (→EE) is a mistake of the engraver; in turn, leaving the grace note in b. 11 out of the slur in GE and adding a little slur combining that grace note with the crotchet in EE are editorial revisions.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 16

composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor

No hairpins in As & EE1

  in A, contextual interpretation

  in FC (→GE) & EE2

  in FE

  in CGS

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The range of the   hairpins in A is unclear, since the  is written at the end of the line, practically already beyond the bar line. In spite of that, diminuendo must concern also b. 16, since at the beginning of b. 17 we can already see a new sign – . This is how it was interpreted both in FC (→GE) and FE (with a slight difference in the range), and this is the interpretation we give in the main text. The absence of the marks in EE1 is most probably a mistake of the engraver, rectified in EE2 on the basis of a comparison with GE1, which is indicated by the compliance of the range of the marks. The hairpins in CGS are most probably inaccurately outlined marks of FE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in EE , FE revisions , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A