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Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

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b. 28

composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

Slur in A

No slur in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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The slur of A, although perfectly clear, was overlooked both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE). See also bars 29-30.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors of FC

b. 29-30

composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

Slur in A (→FC→GE) & EE

No slur in FE
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The missing phrase mark in FE must have resulted from the engraver's distraction. It was added in EE, probably by analogy with the next phrase.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 31-37

composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

2 slurs in bars 31-37 in A (→FE→EE)

Slur in bars 35-36 in FC
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The missing phrase mark in b. 31-34 resulted from Fontana's distraction – he forgot to insert phrase marks in the 2nd half of the line of the text in FC, which encompasses these bars. The copyist also inaccurately wrote the ending of the phrase mark in the next bars, not having led it explicitly to the 1st chord in b. 37, as it is in A. The earlier version of slurring of b. 33-34 written down in A – see the note on those bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 40-41

composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

Slur from 2nd beat in A (→FC, contextual interpretation→FE)

Slur from bar 41 in GE

Slur from 3rd beat in EE
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From b. 41 on, A (→FC) is written down in an abridged manner – it contains empty, numbered bars, which are a repetition of b. 1-8. The phrase mark in b. 40 clearly suggests that it should be continued, which we interpret (in accordance with FE) as an earlier beginning of the first phrase mark of the repeated fragment. GE did not consider the phrase mark in b. 40 at all, while in EE it starts only just on the 3rd beat of the bar; besides, both versions cannot be authentic.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors in GE , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in FC , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 44-45

composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

Separate slurs in A, contextual interpretation

Continuous slur in #KC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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In these and subsequent bars (see the note to b. 47-48) we encounter similar problems concerning the interpretation of phrase marks and slurs to the ones in b. 4-5 and subsequent, since the discussed bars are merely marked as a repetition of b. 4-5 in the manuscripts. Like before, in the main text we give a contextual interpretation of the phrase marks and slurs of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE