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Op. 28 No. 3, Prelude in G major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
FE1
Main text
FCI - Fontana's copy of earlier version
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESch - Scherbatoff copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE1a - Corrected impression of EE1
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1a
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  b. 4-14

2 slurs in FCI

1 slur in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)

In FCI the slurring of the motif in b. 4-6 and 13-15 shows its microstructure as a combination of two motifs of ornamental origin:

  • the nature of the first one, which is an echo of the one heard a bar before, is of a note preceded by a short grace note,
  • the second one is a note preceded by a long grace note, appoggiatura.

In essence, the entire phrase could be written down as follows (the rhythmic values are halved): .
In the final version, Chopin simplified the slurring in accordance with the natural course of music.
See also b. 28-32. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris