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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. 64-65

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

Long accents in A

No marks in FC (→GE)

Short accents in FE (→EE)
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The missing accents in FC (→GE) are an oversight of the copyist. In FE (→EE) they were interpreted as short accents (like the vast majority of such marks).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors of FC

b. 72

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

Long accent in A (→FC)

No mark in FE (→EE) & GE
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The long accent was not reproduced in any of the editions, perhaps due to its vague placement between the first two chords in the 2nd half of the bar. According to us, in this context, the mark must be an accent and cannot concern the 2nd chord.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE

b. 73

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

Wedge in A, literal reading

Dot in A, possible interpretation

No mark in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
..

It is uncertain which staccato mark Chopin meant here; it could have influenced both Fontana and the engraver of FE to overlook it. The mark is in the form of a wedge, but it may have resulted from the hand having been moved too quickly after the dot had been written down, which is indicated by the tilt of the bottom part of the mark. In the main text we suggest the literal interpretation, i.e. wedge.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Wedges , Errors of FC