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Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

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b. 4

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

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We add a cautionary  in the main text. Chopin wrote a corresponding accidental in similar bar 52.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 37

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

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At the beginning of the bar, Chopin wrote cautionary sharps before a1(2) in A (→FC→GE). According to us, since a1(2) was restored at the end of the previous bar, these accidentals are unjustified; they were removed in FE (→EE1) and restored – most probably after GE1 – in EE2. In the main text we omit these accidentals; in turn, we add sharps before the L.H. octave.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions , Last key signature sign

b. 40

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

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In A (→FE,FC→GE) there are two unjustified accidentals in this bar – a  repeated before f1, a quaver in the bottom voice, and a  before b1. EE overlooked the former. In the main text we do not include those accidentals; in turn, we add a cautionary  before the e1 quaver and a  before c1 on the 3rd beat of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals