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Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 7

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

Small quavers in A (→FE,FC→GE1)

Small semiquavers in EE & GE2 (→GE3)
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Although the revisers of EE and GE2 used semiquavers in the group of small notes probably after analogous b. 25, Chopin wrote those notes as semiquavers also in the discussed bar – see the adjacent note. It cannot be ruled out that the change of semiquavers to quavers resulted from distraction at the time of copying this bar. Therefore, the version with semiquavers may be considered an acceptable variant of notation (actually, both versions indicate the same performance).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 15

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

L.H. slurs in A (→FE→EE) & GE

No slurs in FC
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In FC, Fontana overlooked the slurs which were added in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of FC

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. 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