The second half of the Prelude is provided with numerous pencilled entries in FES; however, only some of them resemble certain signs or indications. They were probably performed during the pupil's performance, in a score standing on a piano music rack, hence some of them are just lines or crosses put to indicate the places to which most probably the master's verbal comments related. It is also likely that in some places the additions were performed more than once, which also significantly hampers their interpretation. We managed to identify the following markings (except for fingering digits):
- cresc. in b. 15,
in b. 16,- in b. 17 perhaps a slur running from the F
minim to G in the next bar, possibly a 
between those notes, - in b. 18 possibly an accent under the G minim,
in b. 20,- and
in b. 21 (one above the other) – the initially written probably did not provoke a sufficient result in the pupil's performance, so it was replaced by a pair of .
In the main text we include – in a variant form – the most certain, in our opinion, interpretations of those entries.
category imprint: Differences between sources
issues: Annotations in teaching copies, Annotations in FES
notation: Verbal indications
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