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Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 46

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

 under grace note in A, contextual interpretation

under chord in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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The  mark in A occupies an uncommonly large space – from the octave at the end of b. 45 to the crotchet rest in b. 46. The pianistic sense – increasing the span of the final chord – requires that the  mark be placed under the grace note, which, however, was not performed in any of the remaining sources. In a similar situation in the ending of the Prelude No. 5 in D Major, Chopin wrote  clearly under the grace note.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in FC , Inaccuracies in A

b. 46

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

in A (→FC→GE) & EE2

Small quaver in FE

Small crotchet in EE1
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Further simplified forms of the grace note in FE and EE1 must be mistakes of the engravers. The revision of EE2 was based on a comparison with GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE