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Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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Issues : EE revisions

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. 66

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

No fingering in A (→FE,FC→GE)

Fingering in EE

Fingering written into FED
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In the main text we give the fingering entered into FED, most probably Chopinesque. An identical fingering was added in EE; in addition, it was marked more accurately.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED

b. 66-70

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

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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.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in A

b. 70

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

2 L.H. slurs in A (→FE,FC→GE) & EE2

No slurs in EE1
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EE1 omitted the L.H. slurs which were later added in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 72

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

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The last time these accompaniment figures appear, Chopin forgot to write a  raising g to g. The mistake was noticed only in EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE