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b. 43-46

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

A is missing the lowering a to a in b. 43 and three subsequent ones, marked in the L.H. part as repetition thereof. The patent inaccuracy was corrected both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE).

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b. 51

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

in A (contextual interpretation→FC→GE)

in A (literal reading→FE→EE)

The dynamic mark in A is vague. The two partially overlapping marks, out of which the second is much clearer than the first, can be interpreted twofold:

Chopin considered the first mark to be poorly visible; while entering the second one, he wanted to avoid it being possibly overlooked by the interpreters. This is how it was interpreted by Fontana in FC (→GE);
the second was added to change the indication to . This is how it was interpreted by the engraver of FE (→EE).

According to us, it is that fits better between two crescendos than – in b. 50 and cresc. in b. 52-54 – leading from in b. 46 to in b. 55, hence this is the version we give in the main text.

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b. 66-70

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

In A (→FE,FC→GE), both in b. 66 and 70, there is no before the 14th note of the roulade (b¹). Taking into account the fact that the note was initially preceded by a b² note written at the same pitch (under an octave sign), we do not consider it a mistake. In the main text we add the accidental; it is also in EE.