Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 12

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

 in A & GE

 in FC & CGS

 in FE (→EE)

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The  mark is written in A inaccurately – the top arm is clearly shorter than the bottom one. We assume the top one, written first, to be reliable. The starting point of the mark raises other doubts – strictly speaking, it is difficult to reconcile a long accent over c1 with a crescendo beginning from this very note. Consciously or not, that aspect was taken into account by the copyists independently – both in FC and CGS the mark begins from the next quaver. In general, that mark was reproduced strictly in accordance with the Stichvorlage only in EE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Inaccuracies in FC , Inaccuracies in A

b. 16

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

 with [] in As & A (→FC), interpretation

in FE (→EE), GE & CGS

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The vertical line in the symbol used by Chopin to mark the grupetto indicates that the bottom note of the ornament should be raised (cf. the Nocturne in D Major, Op. 27 No. 2, b. 7). As augmented seconds are not used in grupetti, it is almost certain that Chopin did not mean g1 to be formally altered to g1, but wanted to indicate that the bottom note falls at the interval of a minor, and not major second, which results in g1 as the intended note. FE (→EE) and GE did not reproduce the Chopinesque symbol accurately nor marked that the bottom note should be altered. In the main text we reproduce the Chopinesque notation in a contemporary form.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Turn

b. 18

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

No markings in As & CGS

 under 3rd quaver in A (→FCGE) & FE2 (→EE)

 under 1st quaver in FE1

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The absence of pedal markings in As and CGS – see the note in bar 17. The earlier placement of the  sign in FE1 is certainly due to an inapt interpretation of A wherein the letter 'p' actually starts already under the first quaver. The inaccuracy was corrected in FE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , FE revisions

b. 23-24

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

No slur in As, GE2 (→GE3) & CGS

Slur in bar 24 i A

Slur to bar 25 in FC (→GE1) & FE (→EE)

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The L.H. slur in A encompasses only the two minims in b. 24. The range of the slur in FC is not entirely clear; however, it seems to point at the final E1-E octave, which is how it was reproduced in GE1. A longer slur, probably under the influence of the R.H., is also present in FE (→EE). The absence of the slur in GE2 and CGS is an oversight.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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