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Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 14-15

composition: Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

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In A (→FC,FE) there are no naturals raising a1 to a1 in these bars. The accidentals were added in GE and EE.
In b. 14 Chopin put a cautionary  before g2; in the main text we also add a  before g1.

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

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Errors repeated in FE

b. 22

composition: Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

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Chopin put only one cautionary accidental – a  before d3 at the beginning of the bar. In the main text we also add a  before e3 and a  before g1.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 28

composition: Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

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In front of the first R.H. quaver (a2), A and the remaining sources have a  (cautionary?) which we omit in the main text as groundless.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 30

composition: Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

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A and the remaining sources contain 3 poorly justified cautionary accidentals in this bar – flats before e1 and e2 and a  before f2. We omit them in the main text; in turn, we add a  raising g1 to g1, which is necessary and which was overlooked in A. The sharp was added both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE).
Moreover, FE overlooked the  raising f to f, which was corrected in EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 31

composition: Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

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In A (→FC,FE→EE1) there is no  raising e to e. The inaccuracy was corrected in GE and EE2.
In the main text we add a cautionary  before g (Chopin added a respective accidental only before g1 in the R.H. part). It was already added in EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in EE