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Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FC

b. 28-29

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

in A (→FE→EE)

in FC (→GE)
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The longer  hairpin is most probably an effect of the copyist's inattention.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC

b. 30

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

in A

 in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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The missing wavy line after the  mark is an inaccuracy of FC (→GE) and FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 36

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

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In A (→FE) there is no  before the last note of the roulade, raising d4 to d4. That inaccuracy, typical of Chopin, was corrected in FC (→GE) and EE. However, in FC the added  covered the small notehead, as a result of which GE1 interpreted the note as a small protuberance on a ledger line below that note, which resulted in c4. The mistake, patent in this harmonic context, was corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 58

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

Slur from 2nd quaver in A (→FE→EE)

Slur in FC (→GE)
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As with the previous bars, Fontana moved the slur – contrary to A – towards the beginning of the bar, as a result of which it encompasses this very bar, which was picked up by GE. In this case, it is difficult to conclude whether it was an inaccuracy or a misinterpretation of the slur of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC

b. 59-61

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

cresc. - -, stretto,  in A, literal reading

cresc. - -, stretto,  in FC

cresc., stretto,  in FE (→EE)

cresc. - - , , stretto in GE

cresc. - -, stretto,  in A, context­ual interpretation
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In A certain verbal indications seem to be inaccurately written here: dashes marking the range of cresc. not reaching the  mark, the stretto indication beginning in the middle of the semiquaver septuplet in spite of it concerning the quaver phrase in b. 61-63 or the culminant  mark placed over the R.H. part, although it almost certainly applies to both hands. Taking into account the above, in the main text we suggest a compromise contextual interpretation of the notation of A. The other variants we consider fully legitimate are: the notation of A (interpreted literally), the version of FC (which can be considered an accurate interpretation of A) and the text of GE (with reservations). The inauthentic changes and inaccuracies in FE (→EE) distort Chopin's intention to a certain extent.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC