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Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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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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In A (→FE,FC→GE) Chopin wrote 4 unnecessary (cautionary?) naturals in b. 55 in the sequence of thirds: before c4 (6th semiquaver), e3 (11th semiquaver), d3 (16th semiquaver) and a2 (18th semiquaver). In turn, he overlooked the necessary  restoring c2 on the 11th semiquaver in b. 56, which was also repeated in all the aforementioned sources. EE removed two superfluous accidentals, before c4 and d3, and enharmonically changed the Chopinesque orthography in three places:

  • the 12th semiquaver in b. 55 was written as e3-g3; consequently, the then unnecessary naturals before the next third were removed and a  restoring e3 was added in the subsequent one;
  • the same applies an octave lower in b. 56 (6th, 7th and 8th semiquavers);
  • the 11th semiquaver in b. 56 was written as b1-d2; consequently, the then unnecessary naturals before the next third were removed and a  restoring b1 in the subsequent one was added. This manner of notation reminds the one Chopin used before (first two octaves higher and then an octave higher).

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