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A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESch - Scherbatoff copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE1a - Corrected impression of EE1
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1a
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  b. 70

The crossings-out in this bar show that Chopin was looking for the right way to end the Prelude. Among the crossed-out elements, one can distinguish:

  • arpeggios before the R.H. and L.H. chords,
  • e-b-e1 crotchet chord on the bottom stave (interpreted in the bass clef),
  • g-b third on the bottom stave (interpreted in the treble clef). Perhaps Chopin started writing the g-b-e1-g1 chord, yet decided to place it an octave higher.

See also the note in the next bar.

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category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A, Deletions in A, Accompaniment changes

notation: Pitch

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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw