Issues : Inaccuracies in FC
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b. 5-10
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composition: Op. 28 No. 2, Prelude in A minor
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In EE the L.H. slur in b. 5 – the first in a new line – begins from the 1st quaver, although the slur in the previous bar suggests continuation. The inaccuracy was most probably a side effect of the slur in b. 5-7 having been moved under the notes (though otherwise justified, since the notation of FE is illogical here: the slur in b. 1-4 is led under the notes, whereas its continuation in b. 5-7 – above). Inconsistent slurs between lines are also present in FC and GE – slurs in the bars opening a new line (b. 6 and 10 in FC and 5 and 9 in GE) run from the 1st quaver of the bar, contrary to the notation at the end of the preceding lines. (We do not reproduce the inaccuracies of FC in our transcriptions due to a different division into great staves.) category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in FC , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 5-6
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composition: Op. 28 No. 20, Prelude in C minor
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In FC (→GE), bar 5 is the last in line, and the L.H. slurs in FC do not indicate a continuation. This clearly contradicts not only the notation of A but also the musical common sense. In GE the slur in bar 5 reaches only the last crotchet, in bar 6, however, the traces of the slur having been shifted so as to suggest the continuation from the previous bar. In bars 9-12, based in GE on the script of bars 5-8 in FC (in the copy bars 9-12 are only marked as a repetition of bars 5-8), this edition has a continuous slur, confirming to a certain degree how musically obvious this slurring is. Taking this into account we only reproduce the slurs broken after bar 5 and 9 in the graphical transcription of FC ("transcript" version). category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FC |
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b. 6
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composition: Op. 28 No. 7, Prelude in A major
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The version of FC (→GE) most probably results from Fontana having misunderstood the notation of A – the second phrase mark in this bar seems to begin earlier due to the trace of a quaver beam, showing through from the Prelude No. 8 in F category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FC |
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b. 6-14
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composition: Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major
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In A all accents in b. 6, 8 and 14 are clearly long, which, however, was misunderstood both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE). category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in FC |
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b. 7-8
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composition: Op. 43, Tarantella
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Slurs in GE and EE are certainly imprecise. This may have resulted from unclear notation of slurs in Fontana’s copies serving as the basis for these editions (where e.g. b. 7 was the last in the first line of the text. However, the way slurs are noted in A leaves no room for doubt as for Chopin’s intention in this place. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC |
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