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Op. 28 No. 7, Prelude in A major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 12

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

Chord with fingering in A (→FE,FC→GE)

Chord with fingering suggested by the editors

Chord without fingering in EE & CGS

Simplified chord in FES
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The version entered – most probably by Chopin – into FES may be considered an acceptable variant, facilitating the performance (Chopin did not cross out the fingering, but it is clear that it does not apply to this version). In GE the R.H. chord was written in a complicated, obscure manner (reproduced only in the graphical transcription – version "transcription"), not resulting from the notation of A (→FC), i.e. the a1-c2 third was provided with a separate stem and placed before the other elements of the chord. In the main text we mark the Chopinesque fingering, indicating a simultaneous performance of the R.H. a1-c2 third with the 1st finger, in a manner compliant with the one that was adopted in the National Edition for two keys being pressed with one finger. Chopin used such a measure for a minor third on black keys on a few occasions – cf. the Concerto in E Minor, Op. 11, II mov., b. 16, Concerto in F Minor, Op. 21, II mov., b. 77 and most probably also the Scherzo in C Minor, Op. 39, b. 6-8 and 14-16.   

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Inaccuracies in GE , Annotations in FES