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Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

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b. 26-30

composition: Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

Dashes to beginning of bar 28 in A (→FE)

Dashes up to bar 30 in FC

No dashes in GE

Dashes to end of bar 28 in EE
..

The dashes marking the range of cresc. were misinterpreted in FC and GE; in turn, EE reproduced them inaccurately. The copyist, who did not notice dim. in b. 31, led the dashes until this very bar, since he was convinced that the dashes in the following bars mark the continuation of crescendo. The engraver of GE forgot the dashes on a new line of text. The engraver of EE probably considered the notation of FE to be inaccurate and led the dashes to the end of b. 28, which, actually, seems to be one of the acceptable interpretations of the notation of A (→FE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Errors of FC

b. 31-32

composition: Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

dim. - - - in A

 - - - in FC

dim. - - in FE

No indication in GE

dim. in EE
..

The dynamic indication of A was not accurately reproduced in any of the remaining sources. The most serious mistake was committed by Fontana, who did not notice the dim. indication and continued writing crescendo dashes in FC, which radically changed the effect intended by Chopin. Therefore, dim. is also absent in GE, in which, however, the oversight of dashes (already from b. 26) mitigated the results of the copyist's mistake. Omission of some or all dashes in FE and EE are minor inaccuracies.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Errors of FC