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Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 12-14

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

4 slurs in A (→FE,FC→GE) & EE2

1 slur in EE1
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The missing slur running from the last L.H. quaver in b. 12 and two subsequent ones in b. 13-14 in EE is a patent mistake of the engraver of that edition.
In FC the beginning of the first of those slurs is missing, which – at least theoretically – results in an ambiguity, as far as the presence or range of that slur is concerned, since the next bar is marked in the manuscripts in an abridged manner as a repetition of b. 12. We assume – like GE, based on FC – that the slur at the beginning of b. 13 is to be taken into account, in its full range, which means that it should also encompass the last quaver in b. 12. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , GE revisions , Errors of FC

b. 17

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

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In the main text we include the cautionary  before a2, added in FE (→EE) and GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , FE revisions

b. 26-27

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

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In A (→FE1,FC→GE1) there are no flats restoring e2 in these bars, which is Chopin's patent inadvertence. The accidentals were added in EE (both), FE2 (only in b. 26) and GE2 (only in b. 27).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A , FE revisions , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE

b. 27-28

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

  in A, contextual interpretation

  in FC

  in FE (→EE)

  in GE
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In both  marks in A the top arm is clearly longer than the bottom one. We adopt the range of the top arm, written first, in accordance with the more carefully written mark in similar b. 26. The relatively minor inaccuracies in the reproduction of the   marks in FC were exaggerated in GE, in which attempts were taken at placing the marks in such a way that they fill the entire bars. A similar manner, although only in b. 27, can also be seen in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Unclear hairpins in A , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 29

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

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In A (→FC,FE) there is no accidental before the 2nd semiquaver in the last group. The patent mistake, probably caused by the corrections to the figuration in the 2nd half of the bar, was rectified in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Errors of A , Errors repeated in FE