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Op. 28 No. 21, Prelude in B♭ major

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Issues : Annotations in FES

b. 4-5

composition: Op. 28 No. 21, Prelude in B♭ major

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In the main text we include the fingering entered most probably by Chopin into FES. In addition to digits, there is also a mark implying that the e1 note should be performed by the R.H., which the notation of FE completely ignores, since the note was moved to the bottom stave. An analogous hint, in the form of an additional quaver flag pointing upwards, is also in FEJ. In the main text, in which we keep the original division of the text between the staves, we do not include those annotations, since they are superfluous.
See the previous note. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 12-13

composition: Op. 28 No. 21, Prelude in B♭ major

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we include the fingering written by Chopin into FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 45-47

composition: Op. 28 No. 21, Prelude in B♭ major

One-part notation in A (→FE,FC→GE)

One-part notation & in bar 47 fingering in EE

Additional beam in bar 47 in FES

Contextual interpretation of annotation in FES

Our suggestion in bars 45 & 47
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The quaver beam added in FES to the last three quavers most probably indicates that they should be performed by the R.H. Since it concerns fingering, in the main text we also give it in analogous b. 45 (cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 17). In b. 45 it is convenient to perform this motif with the R.H. already from the 2nd quaver, e. The fingering of EE contradicts both indications in FES, i.e. here and in a similar phrase in b. 49. 

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

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 49-53

composition: Op. 28 No. 21, Prelude in B♭ major

No fingering in A (→FE,FC→GE)

Fingering in EE in bars 49 & 53

Fingering written into FES in bar 49
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In the main text we include the fingering entered by Chopin into FES. In turn, nothing indicates that the different fingering of EE could be authentic.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 57

composition: Op. 28 No. 21, Prelude in B♭ major

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we give the fingering digit entered most probably by Chopin into FES. According to us, the entry may be interpreted as an indication that the note should be performed either with the left or the right hand.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES