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Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
EE1
Main text
As - Autograph sketch
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
CGS - Copy by George Sand
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. 3-5

Separate slurs in As (bars 4-5)

Continuous slur in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)

Separate slurs in CGS (bars 3-4)

The divided slurs in As are rather an evidence of Chopin's structural thinking at the time of writing down the idea of the Prelude than a performance indication. The broken slur of CGS is an inaccuracy of notation at the transition to a new line.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Pierpont Morgan Library, New York