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Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

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Main text
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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In A (→FC,FE) there is not a single  before the a notes (in various octaves). Such oversights of accidentals defining the current key are among the most frequent mistakes of Chopin. The accidentals were added in GE and EE. The same applies to the next three bars. 

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, GE revisions, Omission of current key accidentals, Errors of A, Last key signature sign, Errors repeated in FE

notation: Pitch

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