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Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

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b. 1-2

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

  in A (→FE→EE)

No signs in FC (→GE)
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Fontana overlooked the dynamic hairpins in FC (→GE). The notation of A does not specify the range of the marks, since bar 2 was not written out with notes. We adopt the natural interpretation of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors of FC

b. 6-14

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

Long accents in A

Short accents in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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In A all accents in b. 6, 8 and 14 are clearly long, which, however, was misunderstood both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 16

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

Long accent in A

No mark in FC (→GE)

Short accent in FE (→EE)
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The overlooked accent is one of many oversights of Fontana in this Prelude – cf., e.g. b. 1-2 or 21.
As before, the clear long accent was reproduced in FE (→EE) as a short one.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC

b. 19-23

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

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In A one can see in these bars crossings-out of dynamic hairpins –  in b. 19, 20, 2nd half of b. 21 and in b. 22 and   in the 1st half of b. 21 and in b. 23. See also b. 24-25.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A

b. 21

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

Accent above a1 in A

No mark in FC (→GE) & EE

Accent under b in FE
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The missing accent in FC (→GE) and EE are oversights of Fontana and of the engraver of EE. The mark having been moved to the side of noteheads in FE, i.e. in this case under the stave, is a frequent, routine revision; thus, the notation was left without a suggestion – certainly intended by Chopin – to accent the a1 note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Placement of markings , Errors in EE , FE revisions , Errors of FC