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Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
GE1
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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6 accents in A (→FE)

No marks in FC (→GE)

6 vertical accents in EE

In this bar Fontana overlooked all performance indications except the slur, i.e. , pedalling markings, accents and the staccato dot in the bass.
The change of font for accents in EE was an arbitrary decision typical of that edition. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw