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Op. 28 No. 18, Prelude in F minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 1-6

composition: Op. 28 No. 18, Prelude in F minor

4 slurs in A (→FC) & EE2

Slurs in b. 1, 2, 6 in FE

Slurs in b. 1, 2, 5 in GE

Slur in b. 6 in EE1
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None of the editions based on manuscripts reproduced all 4 slurs over the pairs of chords in bars 1-2 and 5-6. EE1 overlooked yet 2 out of 3 slurs in FE. The complete set of slurs in EE2 results from a compilation of the slur of EE1 with the slurs reproduced from GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE

b. 3

composition: Op. 28 No. 18, Prelude in F minor

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We add cautionary flats before the penultimate semiquaver d1(2). The accidental in the R.H. part was already added in EE, however, in EE1 it is a mistaken , corrected into  only in EE2.

A flat is also visible there (in the R.H.) in FC. It is a later annotation, absent from GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 4

composition: Op. 28 No. 18, Prelude in F minor

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A (→FE) has a cautionary  before the 7th L.H. semiquaver, a1. The accidental was omitted in FC (→GE1), however, EE and GE2 have flats there in both the L.H. and R.H. parts. We also include these signs in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Errors of FC

b. 8

composition: Op. 28 No. 18, Prelude in F minor

e & e1 in A (→FE,FC→GE), literal reading

e & e1 in EE
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According to us, the missing accidental before the penultimate note in the roulade is almost certainly Chopin's error, one of his most frequent mistakes. It is supported by similar melodic phrases in other places in the Prelude, e.g. in b. 4-5 (b at the beginning of b. 5) or an octave higher in the discussed bar (the 10th semiquaver, e). Cf. the note in the Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20, b. 3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A

b. 8

composition: Op. 28 No. 18, Prelude in F minor

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In A (→FE), Chopin wrote only a  restoring e2 (in the R.H. part). The corresponding sign in the L.H. part was added in FC (→GE) and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE