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Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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b. 70

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

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Chopin initially wrote G as the 4th semiquaver in A, which he then crossed out and replaced with D.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 70

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

 in sources

() suggested by the editors
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A comparison with analogous b. 66 points to Chopin's possible mistake in this bar – a pedal change is not necessary here. Chopin could have been misled by the length of the bars – the halves of this bar take up more or less as much space as the preceding and the subsequent bars. Due to the above reason, in the main text we suggest a variant solution.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 70

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

2 L.H. slurs in A (→FE,FC→GE) & EE2

No slurs in EE1
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EE1 omitted the L.H. slurs which were later added in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 70

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

Octave in A (→FE→EE)

f4 in FC (→GE)
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The absence of the lower note of the octave is undoubtedly an error by Fontana in FC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC

b. 71

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

1 pedal in A (→FC,FE→EE)

Half-bar pedals in GE
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An additional pedal change is most probably a mistake of the engraver of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE