Issues : Abbreviated notation of A
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b. 2
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composition: Op. 28 No. 14, Prelude in E♭ minor
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This bar is written in the manuscripts as a repetition of the preceding one. Chopin used two •/• marks, written on the bottom stave, at the pitch of the parts of each of the hands. It could have suggested that it should be notes only that should be taken into account when writing out the abbreviation, since in b. 1 the dynamic marks are written over the top stave – see the note on them in b. 1. category imprint: Source & stylistic information issues: Abbreviated notation of A |
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b. 3
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composition: Op. 28 No. 13, Prelude in F♯ major
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In A (→FC) certain repeating six-quaver accompaniment figures are marked in an abridged manner with •/•. In A it concerns the 2nd halves of b. 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17 and 19, entire b. 14 and the 1st half of b. 12; in FC, also the 1st half of b. 10. The editions did not use abbreviations at all. category imprint: Source & stylistic information issues: Abbreviated notation of A |
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b. 4
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composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor
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In FC, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th group of semiquavers are written in an abbreviated manner as repetition of the first. This notation – certainly drawn from [A] – undoubtedly means repetition of genuine pitch of the sounds from the 1st group and not of the notes themselves without accidentals, which was initially not understood in any of the first editions (FE, EE1, GE1). The necessary sharps, single and double, were added only in EE2 (→EE3) and GE2 (→GE3). category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Abbreviated notation of A |
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b. 4-20
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composition: Op. 28 No. 11, Prelude in B major
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In A (→FC) b. 4, 8 and 20 are written in an abridged manner with •/• symbols, which indicate that the preceding bar should be repeated. category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information issues: Abbreviated notation of A |
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b. 4
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composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor
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In A (→FC) the L.H. part is marked in an abridged manner as a repetition of b. 3. When expanding on that abbreviation, both FE (→EE) and GE omitted the accent, probably considering it to refer to the R.H. However, Chopin would actually associate accents with the L.H., which is proven by the notation of b. 12, in which the accent is put over the L.H. chord. In FC, unlike in A, the accents in b. 1-3 are placed closer to the R.H. part, which somehow justifies the omission of the accent in GE, but not the addition of a staccato dot in this place. category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information issues: GE revisions , Abbreviated notation of A , Inaccuracies in FC |
