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Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

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b. 24-42

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

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b. 27-42

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

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As before, in A (→FC→GE) the majority of the groups of repeated quavers were written as dotted crotchets or minims provided with quaver tremolo marks. In A this is how the L.H. in b. 32-33 and in the 2nd halves of b. 27-31, 36-37 and 42 and the R.H. in the 1st half of b. 32 and in the 2nd halves of b. 27, 29, 31, 33-34 and 42 were marked. There is a similar situation in FC (→GE) – except b. 36, while in GE also except b. 27. In addition, in FC (→GE1) the tremolo beam in b. 33 was overlooked – see the note in that bar.

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issues: GE revisions , Abbreviated notation of A , Errors of FC

b. 33-34

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

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In FCI in the 2nd half of b. 33, the bottom R.H. voice and the L.H. part are marked in an abridged manner as a repetition of respective figures from the 1st half of the bar. The same applies to the bottom voice in the 2nd half of b. 34, which is almost certainly inaccurate – on the 1st quaver in the bar the g1 note is played by the L.H., as a result of which it is not encompassed with the repeat sign placed in the R.H. part. In the substantive transcription (version "editors") we expand the abbreviation including that note on the 4th quaver.

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b. 39

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

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In A the e1 notes on the 4th and 5th quavers were initially written in the R.H. part, which is proven by the visible crossings-out. According to us, this correction points to distraction while writing this place, since the final assignment of those notes can be observed already in FCI, which Chopin probably forgot while writing A.

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issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A

b. 43-64

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

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