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Op. 28 No. 9, Prelude in E major

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Issues : Errors in CGS

b. 1-4

composition: Op. 28 No. 9, Prelude in E major

Slurs in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)

No slurs in CGS
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In CGS there are no L.H. slurs in these bars (nor in the next ones, until b. 9). See b. 5-12.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in CGS

b. 4

composition: Op. 28 No. 9, Prelude in E major

B in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)

c in CGS
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The version of CGS must be a mistake of the copyist. Cf. a similar mistake of the engraver of GE1 in b. 2.

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issues: Errors in CGS

b. 4

composition: Op. 28 No. 9, Prelude in E major

Staccato dots in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)

No marks in CGS
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The missing staccato dots in CGS are most probably an oversight of the copyist – cf. b. 1-3.

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issues: Errors in CGS

b. 5-12

composition: Op. 28 No. 9, Prelude in E major

Slur in bars 5-12 in A (→FE→EE)

Slur in bars 5-8 in FC

Slurs in bars 5-6 & 7-8 in GE

Slur in bars 10-12 in CGS
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The slur, encompassing the entire L.H. part in these bars, was reproduced incompletely in some sources, while GE reproduced it inaccurately:

  • In FC Fontana overlooked the ending of the slur in the last line of his copy (b. 9-12). Although the slur of FC suggests a continuation at the end of b. 8, GE considered it an inaccuracy and led the slur only to B1 in that bar.
  • Moreover, in GE the issue of combining the slurs in b. 6-7 remains unclear – the slur in b. 6, at the end of the line, may suggest a continuation, which is not confirmed by the slur in b. 7. We assume that they are divided slurs.
  • In CGS the first L.H. slur appears only just in b. 10-12. The beginning of that slur, suggesting a continuation from the previous bar, proves a serious inadvertence of the copyist.

A slur compliant with the notation of A is to be found in FE (→EE) only. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Errors of FC , Errors in CGS