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Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

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GE1
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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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  b. 16

a-c1-g1 in A (→FC,FE→EE)

a-g1 in GE

The notation of the chord on the 2nd quaver in the bar is ambiguous in FC – the c1 note, although most probably written by Fontana, is actually imperceptible and was not included in GE.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC

notation: Pitch

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