Issues : Errors resulting from corrections

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. 36

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

Quavers in A & GE2 (→GE3)

No quavers in FC (→GE1) & FE (→EE)

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Just like in b. 34-35, Chopin changed the pitch of the 2nd and 4th notes in A from g1-f1 to b1-a1. In this case, however, the crossing-out of both noteheads also includes the stems (pointing downwards) of the separated quaver voice, which resulted in it having been overlooked both in FC (→GE1) and FE (→EE). Assuming a mistake, GE2 (→GE3) separated both notes after the previous bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Deletions in A