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Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

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Issues : Fontana's revisions

b. 15-32

composition: Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

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In A Chopin applied signs indicating a repetition of the preceding figure to mark b. 15 and the L.H. part in b. 32. In FC Fontana also used an abbreviation to mark b. 16 (which resulted in a mistake) and the R.H. part in b. 32.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A , Fontana's revisions

b. 29-32

composition: Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

Pedalling in A

Pedalling in FC

Pedalling in FE

Pedalling in GE

Pedalling in EE
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In these bars, in spite of the strict analogy to b. 13-16 (except for the first two and the last semiquavers), Chopin wrote a different pedalling. Due to a dense notation and the use of an abbreviation in b. 32, it posed, however, similar challenges in its interpretation. The copyist considered – and rightly so – that leaving the last  mark written by Chopin (in b. 31) without a  mark is an inaccuracy, which he tried to fix by adding a  at the end of b. 31. However, that does not remove the inaccuracy if the markings in b. 32 are to be repeated – if such was the case, a  mark would be missing at the beginning of b. 32. The above is probably the reason why the pedalling in b. 32 was completely omitted in GE. According to us, Chopin's intention was interpreted correctly in FE, which repeated the markings from b. 31 in b. 32 and added a  mark at the end of it. Moreover, in FC (→GE) the  mark at the end of b. 29 was placed – contrary to A – under the last semiquaver. In FE it is also the marks at the end of b. 30 and 31 that were reproduced like that. EE stand out due to an erroneous omission of pedalling starting from the 3rd beat of b. 30.

See also b. 1-4. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Fontana's revisions

b. 39

composition: Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

Unslashed grace note with slur in A

Slashed grace note with slur in FC (→GE)

Unslashed grace note without slur in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we keep the notation of the grace note used in A. The versions of the remaining sources result from revisions (slashed grace note in FC) or mistakes (missing slur in FE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Notation of grace notes , Fontana's revisions