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Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 3-4

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

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In A one can see that three accidentals were crossed out; it seems that Chopin wrote them "just in case." Afterwards, it turned out that they were superfluous – the  before the penultimate note in b. 3 and the flats before d3 and g2 in b. 4. (We give the  before a3 in our transcriptions due to the division of the bar between the lines.) 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Deletions in A

b. 20

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

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Chopin wrote a cautionary  before a3 at the beginning of the bar. In the main text, we also add a  before the next note, g3.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 23

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

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We omit a cautionary  before d3 in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals

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

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In the main text we omit the , unnecessarily repeated in the sources before the 5th semiquaver in the bar.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals