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Op. 28 No. 23, Prelude in F major

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b. 15

composition: Op. 28 No. 23, Prelude in F major

Slur to  f2 in A (→FE→EE)

Slur to c2 in FC (→GE)
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The shorter slur is an inaccuracy of Fontana, who considered the slur to be related to the triplet marking.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC

b. 16

composition: Op. 28 No. 23, Prelude in F major

Slur in A (→FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

No slur in FC (→GE1)
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The missing slur in FC (→GE1) must be the copyist's oversight. The mark was added in GE2 (→GE3), most probably after FE – see the adjacent note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of FC

b. 18

composition: Op. 28 No. 23, Prelude in F major

Slur from grace notes in A, literal reading

Slur from grace notes in A, contextual interpretation

Slur to bar 19 in FC (→GE)

Slur from 2nd crotchet in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we reproduce the beginning of the slur in accordance with the notation of A (→FC→GE). In FE, like in the previous analogous bars, the beginning of the slur was placed only just over the trilled crotchet.

The ending of the slur, which clearly reaches the end of the bar in A, was interpreted in FC (→GE) differently, i.e. it led to the beginning of b. 19. According to us, that slur, when interpreted literally, resembles a tenuto-slur, which is, however, probably an inaccuracy of notation, which we do not include in the main text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , FE revisions , Tenuto slurs

b. 19

composition: Op. 28 No. 23, Prelude in F major

Slur in A (→FC→GE) & EE2

No slur in FE (→EE1)
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FE (→EE1) overlooked the second L.H. slur in this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 19

composition: Op. 28 No. 23, Prelude in F major

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When interpreted literally, the slur of A ends after the 1st quaver in the 2nd half of the bar; however, its shape does not suggest that Chopin would have really wanted to lead it that far. Both Fontana and the engraver of FE considered it to be inaccurate.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A