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Op. 28 No. 20, Prelude in C minor

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p. 1, b. 1-13
p. 1, b. 1-13
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Main text
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
AB - Autograph Beauchesne
ACh - Autograph Cheremeteff
CGS - Copy by George Sand
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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A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
AB - Autograph Beauchesne
ACh - Autograph Cheremeteff
CGS - Copy by George Sand
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. 2-3

Slur to bar 3 in A & CGS (literal reading)

Slur in bar 2, contextual interpretations of A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE) & CGS, slur in AB & ACh

When interpreted literally, the slur of A reaches the 1st chord in b. 3; however, neither FC (→GE) nor FE (→EE) interpreted it so. A whole-bar slur is also in AB and probably ACh (see the characterization of that autograph). A similar ambiguity concerning the range of that slur is to be found in CGS too. In the main text we give a slur reaching the last crotchet in b. 2, taking into account numerous examples of similar situations in which the inaccuracy of slurs written by Chopin is unquestionable – cf., e.g. the Prelude No. 21 in B, b. 13 and 31 or 38.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

Missing markers on sources: CGS, AB, ACh, A, FC, EE1, EE2, FE1, FE2, FED, FEJ, FES, FESch, GE1, GE2, GE3, EE1a
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