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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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  b. 46

No sign in A (→FE,FC→GE)

in EE

The omission of the  mark at the end of the Prelude is quite frequently encountered in Chopin's pieces and almost certainly not accidental – cf. the ending of the Prelude No. 7 in A Major. The mark added in EE is therefore certainly inauthentic and inconsistent with Chopin's intention.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, No pedal release mark

notation: Pedalling

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Original in: Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw