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Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

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b. 1

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

in A (→FE→EE) & GE

No indication in FC
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The absence of  in FC must be the copyist's mistake. It is unclear on what grounds that indication was added in GE – most probably it was a particularly opportune revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of FC

b. 10-11

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

cresc. - - in A (→FC→GE)

No indication in FE (→EE)
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The missing cresc. - - - in FE (→EE) is most probably a mistake of the engraver. It was the entire indication that was overlooked in b. 10-14.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 12-14

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

Dashes delimiting crescendo in A (→FC→GE)

No dashes in FE (→EE)
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In FE (→EE) in b. 10-14 the entire cresc. - - - indication was overlooked.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 28-29

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

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In A stretto was initially written over a bar earlier – the indication was placed over the 4th beat of b. 28 and the 1st beat of b. 29. Chopin then crossed it out together with the dashes marking its range (falling on b. 29) and rewrote it in b. 30.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A

b. 34-41

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

sempre più animato - - - till bar 41 in A

sempre più animato - - - till bar 40 in FC

sempre più animato - - till bar 38 in FE (→EE)

sempre - più - animato in bars 34-36 in GE
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The sempre più animato indication occupies over 2 bars (b. 35 is written in an abridged manner) in A (→FC→GE); in FE (→EE) – one and a half. It matters only in the case of GE, in which the dashes marking the range of that indication were overlooked, and it is only in the version of that edition that we reproduce it in our transcription. In A and the sources based on it, the dashes were led to the end of the next line, which in A falls on b. 41, but in FC on b. 40, and in FE even earlier, i.e. on b. 38. Therefore, the shorter range is a patent mistake, both of the copyist and the engraver of FE, hence in the main text we reproduce the notation of A. According to us, however, it cannot be ruled out that a similar mistake was committed also by Chopin, since he wrote the last dash already beyond the bar line ending b. 41, and performing b. 42-45 sempre più animato seems to comply with the culminant nature of the ending of the Prelude. 

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

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE , Inaccuracies in FC