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Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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Issues : Errors of FC

b. 56-57

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

Slurs in A, probable reading

Slurs in FC (→GE)

Slurs in FE

Slur & tie in EE
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The slurring of FC (→GE) is one of a few distinct inaccuracies of the copyist, and yet difficult to explain – cf. b. 27-28, 38-39 or 58. In A the slur starting in b. 57 is a tenuto-slur, according to us, and this is how we reproduce it in the main text. At the same time, we include the ambiguous curved line of A at the beginning of b. 58; the shape thereof resembles a tie, but it is placed at the height of a slur. In FE the curved line was not prolonged beyond the a1 crotchet, whereas in EE, due to a routine shift of the mark to the side of noteheads, it became a tie.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors of FC , Tenuto slurs

b. 59-65

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

Slurs in A (→FE→EE)

No slurs in FC (→GE)
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The missing curved lines in FC (→GE) is a serious mistake of Fontana, who also overlooked in these bars the dashes marking the range of stretto and the accents in b. 64-65.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC

b. 61-63

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

Dashes after stretto in A

No dashes in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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Chopin carefully marked the range of the stretto indication with dashes – at the beginning of b. 64, one can see another dash in A, crossed-out so that the last three accented octaves were not "squished together" anymore. By an unfortunate trick of chance, the dashes were overlooked both by Fontana in FC (→GE) and the engraver of FE (→EE).  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors of FC

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. 67

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

   in A (→FE→EE)

No markings in FC (→GE)
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The missing pedalling markings in this bar are an oversight of the copyist.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC