mUltimate Chopin

Op. 28 No. 7, Prelude in A major

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Issues : Annotations in FED

b. 11

composition: Op. 28 No. 7, Prelude in A major

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In A (→FE,FC→GE1) there is no  raising d2 to d2. In the context of a similar move in b. 3, it is a patent oversight, corrected by the revisers of GE2 and EE. Sharps, coming from Chopin, were added in pencil in FED, FES and FESch; both sharps are also in CXI. On the basis of the poorly legible photocopy of CGS at the disposal of the editors of mUltimate Chopin, it is difficult to clearly interpret the notation of that source; however, it is most likely that they are two sharps.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , GE revisions , Errors of A , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FESch , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE

b. 11

composition: Op. 28 No. 7, Prelude in A major

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we include the fingering, coming most probably from Chopin, entered into FED. The entry concerning this semiquaver is blurry and thus difficult to interpret – it consists of two parts, under and above notes, out of which each seems to contain certain digits, perhaps combined with other signs. We base our interpretation on the assumption that each part was being written at a different time, probably by a different person, but both contain digits '1' and '2', written one above the other. This corresponds to the – practically the only possible – fingering of this place, while the performance of the entry emphasizes the need for holding the c2-e2 third on the 2nd and 3rd beats of the bar (in spite of the pedalling), probably to prepare the position of the broad, culminant chord in the next bar. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 13

composition: Op. 28 No. 7, Prelude in A major

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In A (→FE) and CGS there is no accidental before the bottom note of the last R.H. crotchet. Therefore, it should be interpreted as an a1, which must be a mistake. A was added by Fontana in FC (→GE) and by the reviser of EE. The accidental was also added in FED (with Chopin's hand) and FES.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Annotations in FES , Fontana's revisions , Errors repeated in FE