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Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

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A
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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. 42-45

cresc. - - - till bar 45 in A & FE2 (→EE)

No indication in FC (→GE)

cresc. - - in bar 42 in FE1

In the ending of the Prelude Fontana overlooked a few various performance markings; in addition to cresc. - - - , it was also  and  the L.H. slur in b. 40-41, the accent in b. 42, the staccato dots at the beginning of b. 40 and at the end of b. 45 and  in b. 45. No further dashes in FE1 is an oversight of the engraver, corrected in FE2 (in accordance with A).

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE, FE revisions, Errors of FC

notation: Verbal indications

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