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Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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Issues : GE revisions

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. 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. 41-42

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

    in A (→FE→EE) & contextual interpretation of FC 

   in GE
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Fontana omitted the  mark at the beginning of b. 41 in FC, leaving a lonely  asterisk at the end of b. 42. GE completed the pedalling; however, in the face of varied L.H. figures in these bars, a separate pedal was added in each of them. The crossing-out of the  mark at the end of b. 41, visible in A, proves that Chopin consciously combined them with pedal. Crossings-out of those marks in similar situations are also present at the end of b. 9, 20 and 54.

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

issues: Corrections in A , GE revisions , Deletions in A , Errors of FC

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

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