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Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 11

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

c-e-a in As, A (→FC,FE→EE) & CGS

B-d-a in GE
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The fact that the chord was not changed in the middle of the bar must be a mistake of the engraver of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 22-23

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

Dashes up to bar 23 in A

Dashes in bar 22 in FC

No dashes in FE (→EE), GE & CGS
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The missing dashes marking the range of smorzando is an inaccuracy of FE (→EE) and GE, quite frequent in Chopinesque first editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

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