mUltimate Chopin

Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

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FC
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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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  b. 19-21

g1 & c2 tied in FCI

g1 & c2 repeated in A (→FE,FC→GE)

g1 (quaver) & c2 repeated in EE

In the version prepared for print, hence the latest one, Chopin abandoned the ties to g1 in b. 19 and c2 in b. 20-21, since nothing suggests that respective ties could have been overlooked.
At the beginning of b. 19, FE omitted the rest in the lower R.H. voice, and the dot prolonging the crotchet g1. The EE version of the first half of this bar could be an effort to correct this unclear notation. Interestingly, traces of a deleted beam encompassing the first half of b. 19 are also visible in FC.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions, Errors in FE

notation: Rhythm

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