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Op. 28 No. 15, Prelude in D♭ major

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Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 75-76

composition: Op. 28 No. 15, Prelude in D♭ major

No slur in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)

Slur from 7th quaver in FES, literal reading

Slur from 8th quaver, our variant suggestion
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In the main text we include the contextual interpretation of the slur added in FES, probably by Chopin. In this case, the context is provided by the ending of the Nocturne in B Major, Op. 62 No. 1, in which in both preserved Stichvoralge autographs Chopin combined the last R.H. semiquaver in b. 88, f, with the d2 minim at the beginning of b. 89: .

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 76

composition: Op. 28 No. 15, Prelude in D♭ major

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 78-79

composition: Op. 28 No. 15, Prelude in D♭ major

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 79

composition: Op. 28 No. 15, Prelude in D♭ major

Synchronization sign written into FED

No teaching indication
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The marking indicating the way the roulade should be performed against the L.H. quavers was written in FED. This is one of several examples proving that this type of irregular groups can be performed rhythmically freely, emphasizing the motivic structure of the run. Another such sign can be found, e. g. in the Nocturne in B minor, Op. 9 No. 1, bar 3, also included in Ms. Dubois's copy.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Synchronization markings

b. 84-85

composition: Op. 28 No. 15, Prelude in D♭ major

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FED contains synchronization marks in the R.H. part, which indicate that the semibreves are to be performed simultaneously with the minims at the beginning of the bar. The need for such an indication resulted from the placement of those semibreves, repeated after A, i.e. in the middle of the bars – we reproduce that notation in the graphical transcription (version "transcription"). See also the note on b. 87. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Synchronization markings