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Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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Issues : Fontana's revisions

b. 34

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

 in A (→FE→EE) & GE

in FC
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In the main text we give a trill with a wavy line, although Chopin wrote only  in A. The Chopinesque trills are written down with or without wavy lines, which does not influence the performance in the case of an ornament with a written-out ending. It is difficult to say what the motivation of Fontana was when he was adding a wavy line after the  mark and of the engraver of GE when he was omitting that element.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Fontana's revisions

b. 34-36

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

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A (→FE) is missing accidentals before the quavers ending the first L.H. figures in b. 34 and 36. The necessary sharps raising f to f were added in FC (→GE) and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Omission of current key accidentals , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 36

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

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In A (→FE) there is no  before the last note of the roulade, raising d4 to d4. That inaccuracy, typical of Chopin, was corrected in FC (→GE) and EE. However, in FC the added  covered the small notehead, as a result of which GE1 interpreted the note as a small protuberance on a ledger line below that note, which resulted in c4. The mistake, patent in this harmonic context, was corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 37

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

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The  raising b to b, overlooked in A, was added already in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , FE revisions , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 38

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

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The last note in the 1st L.H. figure was probably written down as g in A, which Chopin then turned to b; eventually, he crossed it out and rewrote b. As is the case with many similar situations, it is not preceded by a , which was corrected in FC (→GE) and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Fontana's revisions , Errors repeated in FE