Issues : EE revisions

b. 1-4

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

No fingering in A (→FE,FCGE)

Fingering in EE

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The sequences of dyads in the L.H., and further also in the R.H., were provided with a detailed fingering in EE. However, nothing indicates that it could be authentic.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 4

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

e1 on 6th quaver in A (→FE)

e1 on 6th quaver, L.H. finger 1 in EE1

e1 on 6th quaver, R.H. finger 2 in FES

e1 on 3rd beat, under slur in FC (→GE)

e1 on 3rd beat, no slur in EE2

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Interpreting the top note of the 6th L.H. quaver, e1, as a R.H. crotchet on the 3rd beat of the bar is almost certainly Fontana's mistake. The copyist was most probably misled by the note having been written on the top stave, the poorly visible top fragment of the stem combining that note with c and the dot extending the g1 minim at the beginning of the bar having been crossed out in A (the crossing-out most probably provided for the discussed e1 to be performed with the right hand; in addition, it was probably to be completed by a crotchet rest, which Chopin, however, did not do). Having completed the rhythm of the R.H. melody with that note, Fontana also led to it the phrase mark encompassing the first phrase. The change in EE2 must have been introduced under the influence of GE1. In the main text we give the notation of A (→FEEE1), supplemented by a crotchet rest.

To eliminate the possibility of creating incoherent combinations of variants from different notes, we include the fingering of EE and FES, which applies to the e1 quaver, here, in the variants including that quaver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Deletions in A , Errors of FC , Inaccuracies in A

b. 5

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

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before g. The accidental was also added in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 5-6

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

No fingering in A (→FE,FCGE)

Fingering in EE

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 6

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

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In FE the  before the 2nd quaver is misplaced: it should be before the bottom note (g), not the top one (e1). The mistake possibly stemmed from the graphical similarity between b. 5 and 6. The correct accidental was added in FES, while FC (→GE) and EE not only added the right flat, but also removed the wrong one.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Fontana's revisions