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Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
A
Main text
FCI - Fontana's copy I
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
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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d1 in chord in FCI

d1 in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)

The version of FCI featuring d1 (uncertain interpretation), hence perfect and not flatted fifth of the G7 chord, is naturally earlier and had already been abandoned by Chopin when A was being created (nothing points to an overlooked  – in the entire fragment, accidentals were inserted unusually meticulously; there are no oversights in this bar).

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

notation: Pitch

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