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b. 1-22
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composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor
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All sources except for FE (→EE) used abbreviations to write down the repeated L.H. chords. The greatest number of them is to be found in As, which is natural, in which the notation also uses informal manners of marking content, e.g. the repeated chords are marked with stems only. In some places the notation is totally incomplete and could theoretically be interpreted in different ways. In the graphical transcription ("transcription") we reproduce the notation in a closest possible way to the actual one; in the essential transcription ("edition") we present its interpretation, taking into account the knowledge provided by the final version. In A Chopin already uses a generally adopted notation used in the case of repeated notes or figures. This is how the following are written down: the 2nd half of b. 1 and the groups of 4 identical chords in b. 7-11, 13, 15 and 19-22. In FC (→GE) the abridged notation is also used in b. 4-6; however, GE explained the abbreviation in the 2nd half of b. 1. The use of an abbreviation in CGS was related to a wrong layout of the 2nd line of the text, most probably copied from FE – partially due to a mistake and crossings-out in b. 4, there was no more space for the 2nd half of b. 7, which prompted the copyist to use an abbreviation. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Abbreviated notation of A |
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b. 1
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composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor
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The omission of category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors of FC |
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b. 1-24
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composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor
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As is devoid of the tempo indication and all further performance indications, which is related to the fact that this manuscript remained unfinished. Therefore, we do not regard those shortcomings as variants and – if an indication is present in the remaining sources – we do not record it in separate notes. In A one can see a crossing-out of an earlier indication, most probably Lento. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A |
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b. 1
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composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor
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The indication espressivo is written in the sources in the form of an abbreviation: espres. in A, espress. in FC (→GE), FE and CGS and esp. in EE. In the main text we explain the abbreviation, which was probably used due to lack of space in A to write an entire word. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , Abbreviated indications |
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b. 1-23
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composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor
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As does not include L.H. part slurs, which is understandable in a draft autograph. We do not consider it a variant. category imprint: Differences between sources |
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