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Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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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. 38

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

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The last note in the 1st L.H. figure was probably written down as g in A, which Chopin then turned to b; eventually, he crossed it out and rewrote b. As is the case with many similar situations, it is not preceded by a , which was corrected in FC (→GE) and EE.

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

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Fontana's revisions , 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. 42

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

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In FE the 2nd semiquaver in both figures is an erroneous c note, whereas in EE – most probably as a result of revision of this clearly false version – e. The version of EE, although possible in terms of harmony, is pianistically improbable. In turn, the pencilled correction of c to A written in FES, compliant with the version of A (→FC→GE), may come from Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , Annotations in FES