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Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FC

b. 73-74

composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

 from bar 73 (literal reading→FE→EE)

 in bar 74 in FE (→EE)
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 is written in A in such a way that it can be combined both with the chord in the 2nd half of b. 73 and the beginning of the roulade in b. 74. According to us, if Chopin wanted it to concern b. 74, he could have entered it there to avoid any doubts. Due to the above reason, we consider the interpretation of FE (→EE) to be correct, in which the indication is in force from the middle of b. 73.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC

b. 73-76

composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

Slur in A, literal reading

Slur in FC (→GE)

Slur in FE (→EE)
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In A the range of the slur beginning in b. 74 is vague due to crossings-out. In FC Fontana considered the line that seems to prolong the slur until b. 76 to be valid. Musically speaking, it is questionable; in terms of graphics, it is questionable too, because the final fragment of that line is in the area covered by the crossings-out. The interpretation of FE is much more likely – the undeleted part of the extension of the initial slur reaches the minim in b. 75, yet that initial slur ends on the last note in b. 74. In the main text we give the literal interpretation of the notation of A, which is both pianistically and musically natural; it includes the part of the slur that was not covered by the crossings-out.
In FC (→GE) it is also the beginning of the slur that is inaccurate.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC