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Op. 28 No. 3, Prelude in G major

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Issues : Errors in EE

b. 7-9

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

No fingering in FCI & A (→FC→GE, →FE)

Fingering in EE
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Nothing indicates that the fingering of EE could be authentic. What is more, a mistake was most probably committed in b. 8 – in the middle of the bar, the b-a notes should be, apparently, played with the fingers 2-1, as they were in the previous bar, in an analogous place. In the copied fingering, it is, however, impossible to reach d at the beginning of the 4th group without crossing the fingers, which should have been marked.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 7

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

No arpeggio sign in FCI & A (→FE,FC→GE)

Arpeggio sign in EE
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Arpeggio in EE resulted from a mistake of the engraver of EE1, who placed it in b. 7 instead of b. 8.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

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
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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. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE