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Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in A

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. 36

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

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The pairs of sharps raising d2(3)-f2(3) to d2(3)-f2(3) are missing in the 2nd half of the passage in A (→FC,FE). (The mark before the last quaver is also missing, which we discuss separately – see the next note). The inaccuracy, generally typical of Chopin, and particularly of the Preludes, was corrected in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE 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. 41-42

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

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There are no flats lowering a to a in these bars in A (→FC). The inaccuracy, typical of Chopin, was corrected in all editions.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 42

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

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In A (→FC) there are no flats lowering a1 to a1 and a to a in the R.H. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in FE (→EE) and GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A