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Op. 28 No. 20, Prelude in C minor

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 9

composition: Op. 28 No. 20, Prelude in C minor

 in A (→FC,FE→EE), ACh, CGS & GE2 (→GE3)

 in GE1
..

The fact that the  indication was repeated in GE1 resulted from distraction of the engraver; he did not notice (did not understand?) the  indication written in the abridged marking of that bar in FC. The mistake was rectified in GE2 (→GE3). See also the note to b. 11-12.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 11-12

composition: Op. 28 No. 20, Prelude in C minor

cresc. - - in A (→FE→EE)

cresc. in bar 12 in FC

No indication in GE

cresc. in ACh

cresc. -, cresc. in CGS
..

In the main text we give the indication after A (→FE→EE). In A its correct placement is not possible due to the abridged notation of those bars; however, we consider the interpretation adopted in FE (→EE) to be accurate – due to the dashes marking the range of the crescendo, all that matters is to determine its starting point, which falls more or less in the middle of the bar. Placing cresc. (with no dashes) only in bar 12 is undoubtedly a mistake by Fontana, aggravated in GE by the omission of the indication.
In the 9-bar version of AB the dynamic course could have been different, hence the missing cresc. does not have to be considered an inaccuracy. An earlier beginning of the crescendo, as it was marked by Chopin in ACh, may be considered an equal variant.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Errors of FC , Inaccuracies in CGS