Issues : Dotted or even rhythm
b. 32
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composition: Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor
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Same as in bar 30, the version of FE, being a result of Chopin proofreading (introducing the dotted rhythm in the top voice and sustaining b1 already from the 5th quaver of the bar), is given by us in the main text in a modified form. The simplified rhythmic notation, in accordance with Chopin's habits concerning this issue, according to us, significantly increases the text's legibility. The missing ties sustaining the e1-g1 third in GC (→GE) are almost certainly the copyist's oversight. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes , Errors of GC , Dotted or even rhythm |
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b. 36
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composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major
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On the 3rd beat of the bar, we give the dotted rhythm after PE, based on the later autograph – [A]. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Dotted or even rhythm |
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b. 40
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composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor
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In A Chopin probably changed the rhythm of the last two notes from quavers to a dotted rhythm. The correction is evidenced by the evenly spaced notes (the gap between the 1st and the 2nd notes is even slightly greater than between the 2nd and 3rd) as well as by the semiquaver beam, placed too low and clumsily, which suggests that it was added later. Similar corrections were probably introduced also into further bars – see b. 44-53. category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Corrections in A , Main-line changes , Dotted or even rhythm |
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b. 44
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composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major
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category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Dotted or even rhythm |
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b. 44-53
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composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor
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The evenly spaced three notes in the 2nd half of b. 44, 46, 48, 50, 52 and 53 suggest that they were initially supposed to be quavers; the last one was changed to a semiquaver already in the written text. The gaps themselves are a foundation too fragile for such a conclusion; however, one can indicate a few other arguments in favour thereof:
category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Corrections in A , Main-line changes , Dotted or even rhythm |