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Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

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Issues : Fontana's revisions

b. 51-61

composition: Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

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Some L.H. figures were marked in the manuscripts in an abridged manner as repetitions of the preceding ones. FC (b. 51-53 and 57-61) contains more abridgements than A (b. 51, 57 and 60-61). This is because in A some figures were initially different from the preceding ones; it was only after corrections that they became identical, and the copyist, upon seeing the final text with a greater number of repetitions, made his work easier.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Abbreviated notation of A , Fontana's revisions

b. 53

composition: Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

 in A

    in FC (→GE)

  in FE (→EE)
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The change of pedal on the 3rd beat of the bar is an arbitrary addition of Fontana, who proofread FE1 in the absence of Chopin. He intervened due to the single  mark at the beginning of the bar left in A (which, in turn, must have resulted from corrections and crossings-out). Upon seeing a change of the bass note, Fontana complemented the markings in a standard, safe manner; however, he did not check the authentic pedalling in analogous b. 61. Interestingly, in FC he added only a  mark at the end of the bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , FE revisions , No pedal release mark , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 69-71

composition: Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

No sign in A

in FC & FE

 in GE

   in EE
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The  asterisk, added both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE), cannot be authentic. The notation of A implies that the pedal depressed on the 3rd beat of b. 68 should be held to the end of the Prelude; moreover, both the sonic effect of such pedalling and no final  mark are typical of Chopin and are to be found in the endings of a number of his compositions. The individual sources slightly differ in the placement of this , hence we assume that there are two slightly different versions.
The pedalling in the last bar is an arbitrary revision of EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , FE revisions , Fontana's revisions