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Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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Issues : Errors repeated in FE

b. 18

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

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In the final part of the roulade (starting from c2), there are no accidentals in A (→FC,FE). The patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE and EE by adding the necessary sharps and a natural. See also notes to bars 32 and 36.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 34-36

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

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A (→FE) is missing accidentals before the quavers ending the first L.H. figures in b. 34 and 36. The necessary sharps raising f to f were added in FC (→GE) and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Omission of current key accidentals , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 35

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

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There is no  raising b1 to b1 in A (→FC,FE). The patent inadvertence 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. 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. 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