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b. 38

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

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.

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issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Fontana's revisions , Errors repeated in FE

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b. 42

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

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.

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

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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. 47-49

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

In A and in the remaining sources there is a cautionary next to A in b. 47. In the main text we add in this bar a also next to a. The accidental was also added in FC (→GE). In addition, since in FC (differently than in A) b. 48-49 were marked in an abridged manner as repetition of b. 47, GE printed the cautionary naturals next to A and a (present in FC in b. 47) also in b. 48-49. All those cautionary naturals (including the unnecessary ones) were also introduced in EE2, most probably on the basis of comparison with GE1.