FE1
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A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
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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e2 in A (→FCGE1, →FEEE) i GE3

c2 in GE2

Replacing the e2 seventh with a non-dissonant c2 fifth shows that, 30 years after the Prelude had been written, its authentic ending was still uncommon, even flagrant for the reviser of GE2, who would still think conventionally. They decided to change the note in spite of the fact that both the flat before the note and the accent above it exclude any possibility of mistake in this place.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

notation: Pitch

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