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Op. 28 No. 9, Prelude in E major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
EE1
Main text
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
CGS - Copy by George Sand
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESch - Scherbatoff copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE1a - Corrected impression of EE1
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1a
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  b. 12

b tied in A (→FC→GE) & EE2

b repeated in FE (→EE1) & CGS

The missing tie of b must be an oversight of the engraver of FE (→EE1). The absence of that tie in CGS is one of the arguments proving that the copy comes from FE. The tie in EE2 was most probably drawn from GE1.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, Errors in FE

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: Pierpont Morgan Library, Nowy Jork