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Op. 28 No. 22, Prelude in G minor

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 3

composition: Op. 28 No. 22, Prelude in G minor

Ties in A (→FC,FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

No ties in GE1
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The missing ties of c1 and e1 are one of a few mistakes of the engraver of GE1 in this place – see adjacent notes. All were corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 3

composition: Op. 28 No. 22, Prelude in G minor

c1 in A (→FC,FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

a in GE1
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The version of GE1 featuring a instead of tied c1 is a patent mistake of the engraver, one of a few in this place.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions

b. 8

composition: Op. 28 No. 22, Prelude in G minor

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In GE the last L.H. octave is erroneously a quaver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 22-30

composition: Op. 28 No. 22, Prelude in G minor

No marking in A (→FC,FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

in GE1
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 in GE1 resulted from an erroneous interpretation of the letter in b. 22, with which Chopin marked that bar as part of the abbreviation used for the notation of b. 25-32. The indication was also repeated in b. 30. Both erroneous markings were removed in subsequent GE. A similar mistake was committed in GE in the Polonaise in A Major, Op. 40 No. 1, b. 39 and analog., where the letter used in the abridged notation of repeated bars was printed as . 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 28-38

composition: Op. 28 No. 22, Prelude in G minor

più animato - - in bars 30-38 in A & FE2 (→EE)

più animato in bars 28-31 in FC

più animato - - in bars 30-33 in FE1

 No indication in GE
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It is unclear what made Fontana start writing più animato as early as in b. 28, hence 2 bars earlier than in A, or why the indication was not included in GE. Moreover, Fontana overlooked the dashes marking the range of the indication. In FE1 the dashes were led only to the end of b. 33, the last in the line, which was corrected in FE2 (→EE). Chopin precisely determined that the more animated fragment should end in b. 38 – in A the dash written in b. 39 was crossed out. Chopin also crossed out sempre before più animato.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Corrections in A , Errors in GE , Deletions in A , FE revisions , Errors of FC