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Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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b. 59

composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

Wedge & staccato dot in A (→FC)

Wedge in FE

Staccato dot in GE

No marks in EE
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The omitted staccato markings in the editions must be oversights.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE

b. 59-65

composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

Slurs in A (→FE→EE)

No slurs in FC (→GE)
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The missing curved lines in FC (→GE) is a serious mistake of Fontana, who also overlooked in these bars the dashes marking the range of stretto and the accents in b. 64-65.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC

b. 59-61

composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

cresc. - -, stretto,  in A, literal reading

cresc. - -, stretto,  in FC

cresc., stretto,  in FE (→EE)

cresc. - - , , stretto in GE

cresc. - -, stretto,  in A, context­ual interpretation
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In A certain verbal indications seem to be inaccurately written here: dashes marking the range of cresc. not reaching the  mark, the stretto indication beginning in the middle of the semiquaver septuplet in spite of it concerning the quaver phrase in b. 61-63 or the culminant  mark placed over the R.H. part, although it almost certainly applies to both hands. Taking into account the above, in the main text we suggest a compromise contextual interpretation of the notation of A. The other variants we consider fully legitimate are: the notation of A (interpreted literally), the version of FC (which can be considered an accurate interpretation of A) and the text of GE (with reservations). The inauthentic changes and inaccuracies in FE (→EE) distort Chopin's intention to a certain extent.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 60

composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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The denser notation of A suggests that the demisemiquaver rest and the beam changing the semiquaver to a demisemiquaver were added by Chopin later.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A

b. 61-63

composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

Dashes after stretto in A

No dashes in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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Chopin carefully marked the range of the stretto indication with dashes – at the beginning of b. 64, one can see another dash in A, crossed-out so that the last three accented octaves were not "squished together" anymore. By an unfortunate trick of chance, the dashes were overlooked both by Fontana in FC (→GE) and the engraver of FE (→EE).  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors of FC