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b. 33

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

In FC (→GE1) the tremolo beam was omitted in the abbreviated notation of repeated quavers. As a result, the L.H. chord is played there only once, at the beginning of the bar. The mistake was corrected in GE2 (→GE3). The beam visible in FC – written most probably in pencil – is a later addition by H. Scholtz.

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b. 38

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

In A (→FE) the top R.H. voice crotchets are devoid of dots. It must be Chopin's oversight – cf. analogous b. 6 and 14. Dots are in FCI as well as in FC (→GE) and EE.

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b. 44-45

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

Tied notes in FCI & EE2

Repeated notes in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE1)

The version of FCI – tied b¹ in b. 44-45 and c² in b. 48-49 – as compliant with the rhythm of the majority of the phrases of the Prelude, can be, according to us, taken into account as a variant, although Chopin abandoned it while preparing the piece for printing. One can only suppose what the motivation of EE2 at the time of introducing that version was – perhaps it was a comparison with a number of similar ties in similar contexts (e.g., b. 4-17 and 27-30).