Issues : Errors of FC

b. 4

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

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In FC (→GE1) the b1-a1 semiquavers are not separated as quavers. The patent mistake of the copyist was corrected in GE2 (→GE3). See also b. 36.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 13-32

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

Crotchets in A

No crotchets i FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)

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In each of b. 13-16 and 29-32, Chopin initially separated in A the 3rd and 5th semiquavers (b1-e1 and g1-c1, respectively) as an additional voice consisting of a quaver and a semiquaver: . He then abandoned that voice; he crossed out the beam and the additional stem of the 5th semiquaver. However, he left the additional stem of the 3rd semiquaver; he even prolonged it over the crossed-out beam, which must have meant that the note should be a crotchet. The sense of such corrections was guessed neither by Fontana nor by the engraver of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes , Errors of FC

b. 16

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

a2 at end of bar in A (→FEEE1)

a2 in FC (→GE) & EE2

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The version of FC (→GE) resulted from a mistake of the copyist, who did not notice the  before the last note in b. 16 in A and marked b. 15-16 as a repetition of b. 14 (in A it is only b. 15 that is marked as a repetition; b. 16 is written out with notes). The presence of that version in EE2 proves that the revision of that edition took into account the text of GE1, which was considered authoritative. See also b. 17.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC

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

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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

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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