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Op. 28 No. 3, Prelude in G major

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b. 27-30

composition: Op. 28 No. 3, Prelude in G major

2 times  in FCI

 & leggiero in A (→FE,FC→GE) & EE2

in EE1
..

Instead of  present in the final version in b. 28, FCI features a  mark already in b. 27, which is then repeated in b. 30. As in many other places, Chopin reduced the number of dynamic indications while preparing the Prelude for print; in this case, however, he added leggiero to specify the  mark. In EE1 leggiero was most probably overlooked by the engraver, which was corrected in EE2, probably after having compared it with GE1. 

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issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 31

composition: Op. 28 No. 3, Prelude in G major

cresc. in FCI

dim. - - in A (→FE→EE)

cresc. in FC (→GE)
..

It remains unclear how the copyist could have distorted the dynamic indication – after all, the indication in A is absolutely legible. Perhaps Fontana, who copied an earlier version of the Prelude, featuring cresc. in this place, remembered that indication and entered it into FC, not having noticed that Chopin changed the dynamic concept of the ending in the meantime. Anyway, nothing indicates that Chopin would have liked to return to the initial dynamic version.

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issues: Errors of FC

b. 32

composition: Op. 28 No. 3, Prelude in G major

in FCI

No marking in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)
..

In the version prepared for print, Chopin considered the dynamic indications of the final chords to be superfluous. Cf. the notes in b. 27 and 31.

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