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Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

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b. 66-89

composition: Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

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As before, in the manuscripts and in GE various abbreviations of notation were often used.
In A (→FC→GE) Chopin wrote down the majority of the groups of repeated quavers as dotted crotchets or minims provided with quaver tremolos. Such a notation is to be found in A (→FC) in b. 66 (L.H. only), 67-70, 72, 74 (L.H. only), 75-83 and in the L.H. only in b. 85 and 88-89. In addition, in FC there is a tremolo in b. 71. In GE all tremolos of FC were repeated except b. 88-89. Apart from tremolos, Chopin used in A (→FC) also •/• signs to mark b. 87 as a repetition of the previous one.
FCI used only / signs to mark repeating 3-quaver groups. It can be seen in b. 66, 74 and 89 and in the L.H. only in b. 72, 80 and 88. •/• signs were used to mark b. 85 and 87.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 67-68

composition: Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

3  in A (→FC→GE)

1     in FE (→EE)
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The lack of two pedal changes is arguably a mistake by the engraver of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 68-77

composition: Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

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In FCI there is no d1 seventh in the chords in the 1st halves of b. 68 and 76 as well as in the 2nd half of b. 77.

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issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 69-73

composition: Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

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In a few places FCI differs from the final version in the density of chords:

  • in b. 69 e1 notes are present in all chords (either in the right or the left hand),
  • in b. 73 the L.H. chords include an additional b note.

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issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 70

composition: Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

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In the 1st half of the bar, there is no g1 seventh in the chords in FCI, while a1 is played with the L.H. Cf. b. 68-77.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes