Slurs
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b. 6-7
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composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor
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The absence of a slur is certainly an error by the engraver of FE. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE |
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b. 12-13
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composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor
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The ending of the R.H. slur underwent an evolution in A – three versions are written, out of which two were crossed out. It was most probably the longer ending of a continuous slur that was written first: category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A |
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b. 15
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composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor
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category imprint: Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Errors of FC |
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b. 26
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composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor
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The crossings-out visible in A reveal that the initial motif of this phrase (from c1 to b1) was initially provided with shorter slurs, adjusted to the earlier rhythmic version. The a1 quaver and the c2 semiquaver were separated by a semiquaver rest (as it is in b. 8), and the slurs encompassed three notes before the rest and two after the rest. category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Main-line changes |
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b. 26
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composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor
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The later starting point of the slur in EE is probably a result of a minor inaccuracy of FE, in which the slur is moved to the right, which could have confused the engraver of EE. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies |
. It is an example of a tenuto-slur, used by Chopin on a number of occasions to emphasise the lingering of the last note encompassed with a slur. Chopin then added a very short ending of the slur over the a1 crotchet and a new slur under the f1-c1 fourth motif, while crossing out the further part of the initial slur: 
. Eventually, it was also the "fourth" slur that was crossed out, whereas the top one was prolonged with a distinct, thicker line, which reached only the c1 minim, which was repeated in all the remaining sources: 
. We also see crossed-out slurs in two out of three analogous phrases – in b. 
