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Op. 28 No. 1, Prelude in C major

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b. 23

composition: Op. 28 No. 1, Prelude in C major

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Chopin deleted the  asterisk in A, written initially at the end of the bar (after the 6th semiquaver), and moved it more or less under the 5th semiquaver.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A

b. 26

composition: Op. 28 No. 1, Prelude in C major

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Fontana overlooked in FC (→GE1) the beam for the bottom R.H. voice. GE2 corrected the mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of FC

b. 29

composition: Op. 28 No. 1, Prelude in C major

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GE1 has f as the last semiquaver in the L.H. The doubtless error was corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 29-32

composition: Op. 28 No. 1, Prelude in C major

 under 4th semiquaver in A (→FC→GE)

 under 6th semiquaver in FE (→EE)

 before 6th semiquaver, our alternative suggestion
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The fact that the  marks are placed earlier in these bars may be related to a slightly different structure of the figuration and the closing nature of music, and hence could have been intended by Chopin. Due to this reason, differently than in b. 13-14, we keep them in the main text, although, according to us, one cannot completely rule out imprecise notation also in this place. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 33

composition: Op. 28 No. 1, Prelude in C major

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One can see a correction in A at the beginning of the bar – Chopin most probably deleted the crotchet e-g-c1-e1 chord and the fermata placed above it. According to us, it means that the final sustained passage was to be written as a common arpeggio (). Had Chopin wanted to both play this chord and perform the arpeggio, written in semiquavers, he would not have provided it with a fermata, which makes sense only in the last bar.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A