mUltimate Chopin

Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

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Issues : Accompaniment changes

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.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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

b. 79-81

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

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At the beginning of b. 79, in FCI we can see a d2 crotchet combined with a tie to a d2 note in the previous bar, while the R.H. part is written down with the use of two-part notation already in this bar. A d2 crotchet is also at the beginning of b. 81, yet there is no d1, 1st bottom voice quaver.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Main-line changes

b. 88-90

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

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In FCI the R.H. part consists of two voices – the 3-bar-long a1 note and the accompanying quaver voice, which differs from the quavers in the final version only in the missing 1st quaver in b. 88.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Main-line changes