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Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

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b. 7

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

No arpeggio sign in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE) & CGS

Arpeggio sign in FED

Our variant suggestion
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In the main text we include – in a variant form – the arpeggio added most probably by Chopin in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 7

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

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The sources feature a  before g1, as in the previous bar. It is not necessary here, and we omit it in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

Fingering written into FEJ

No fingering in A (→FE,FC→GE) & CGS

Fingering in EE
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In the main text we include the fingering entered into FEJ. The different fingering of EE is almost certainly inauthentic.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FEJ

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

Fingering written into FEJ

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we include the fingering written in FES, partially confirmed also by FEJ.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ

b. 8

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

  in A (→FE→EE)

No markings in FC (→GE) & CGS
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The lack of   hairpins in FC (→GE) is most probably an oversight by the copyist.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC