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Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

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b. 40

composition: Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

Staccato dot in A

No mark in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
..

The staccato dot visible in A over the chord was ignored both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors of FC

b. 40-41

composition: Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

in A (→FE→EE)

No sign in FC (→GE)
..

The overlooked  mark in FC (→GE) is one of a few oversights of Fontana in the ending of the Prelude.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC

b. 40-41

composition: Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

L.H. slur in A (→FE→EE)

No slur in FC (→GE)
..

See previous note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Embracing slurs , Errors of FC

b. 41

composition: Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

Fingering in A (→FC→GE) & EE2

No fingering in FE (→EE1)
..

The digits of the Chopinesque fingering were overlooked in FE (→EE1). They were added in EE2 on the basis of a comparison with GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 42-45

composition: Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

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

No indication in FC (→GE)

cresc. - - in bar 42 in FE1
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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).

category imprint: Differences between sources

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