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Op. 28 No. 17, Prelude in A♭ major

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b. 43

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

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In A one can see that Chopin initially wrote the mordent with a conventional  mark. In the grace notes added instead of , the  before c2 merged with the arpeggio sign, resulting in a mark resembling a . Consequently, in FE (→EE1) the 2nd grace note is c2. Chopin reacted to this mistake in FES by adding a  in pencil (which Miss Stirling later wrote in ink). The correct text is also to be seen in EE2, probably on the basis of GE1.

In this place, FCI includes an earlier version – there are no ornaments on the 4th quaver in the bar, while b1 is linked with a tie to the dotted crotchet at the beginning of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections , Deletions in A , Annotations in FES , Main-line changes , Inaccuracies in A

b. 43

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

Arpeggio sign in A & FED

No sign in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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In A the arpeggio sign merged with the  before the second grace note (see the note on grace notes above), hence it was omitted both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE). In FED Chopin added a diagonal slur to mark arpeggio.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Errors resulting from corrections , Errors of FC