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Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
EE1
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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  b. 61

Long accent in A (→FC)

No mark in FE (→EE1)

Short accent in GE & EE2

The typical long accent written in A was reproduced in FC less vividly, as a result of which GE gave a short accent. FE (→EE1) overlooked the mark, while EE2 added it after GE1.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, EE revisions, Errors in FE, Inaccuracies in GE

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Pierpont Morgan Library, Nowy Jork