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Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

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b. 13-14

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)

in CGS
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Two  marks in this bar are the only dynamic hairpins included in CGS. They were entered – just like the pedalling markings – without trying to reproduce their placement correctly. The minor differences in the remaining sources are of accidental nature, and we do not consider them to be equal.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 17

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

No markings in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE) & CGS

& slur in FES (possible reading)

Our alternative, variant suggestion
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FES contains vague signs in this bar, out of which two seem to have musical sense – a slur starting under the F minim and a  hairpin of a similar range. In the main text we do not include any of them:

  • the slur, basically doubling the printed phrase mark, is clearly a teaching remark, reminding of the need to hold a full rhythmic value of this note;
  • the interpretation of one of the lines as a  hairpin is subject to a certain degree of uncertainty – this line, together with the vertical line, may also be a diagonal cross, so typical of Chopinesque teaching entries.

As the  reasonably complements the  indication from the previous bar, we suggest the version including this sign as an alternative solution.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 23-24

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

  in FE (→EE)

No markings in CGS
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Just like in the similar situations in b. 1, 3 and 9, we consider the top arm of the  mark in A to be more reliable, although in this case the difference in length is insignificant. We regard the minor inaccuracies in the reproduction of the   hairpins in FC and GE as similarly insignificant. The marks in FE (→EE) were arbitrarily adjusted to the main beats of the bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , FE revisions