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Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 29

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

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In A (→FC,FE) there is no  before the bottom note of the chord on the 2nd quaver (e). The patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE and EE.
In the main text we add a cautionary  before the 4th semiquaver (c2).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 30

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

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There are 3 authentic cautionary flats (before d2, g2 in the R.H. and e1 in the L.H.); in the main text we add another one, before the b1 semiquaver. In turn, in EE and GE2 a  was added before a2 on the 4th beat of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 32

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

 in A (literal reading→FE,FC→GE)

2 short accents in EE

Long accent in A, contextual interpretation
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In A the  mark practically reaches the last semiquaver in the bar and this is how it was reproduced in the majority of the remaining sources. According to us, in this context, Chopin could have meant only a long accent, as he clearly wrote 4 times in the next bar. EE considered – also probably on the basis of the marks in the following bar – that it should be an accent, which was given separately for the right and the left hands. See also the note in b. 33.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions

b. 33

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

4 long accents in A (→FE)

4  in FC

4 longer  in GE

8 short accents in EE
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The four marks in A are typical long accents, which, however, were reproduced fairly accurately only in FE. The marks in FC are slightly longer, whereas in GE they were adjusted to the length of an entire semiquaver group. In EE, as it was performed in the preceding bar, the marks were considered accents and were doubled (there are separate accents for the right and the left hands).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 41

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

Fingering in A (→FC→GE) & EE2

No fingering in FE (→EE1)
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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