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Issues : Authentic corrections of EE

b. 231

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

e-a-d1 in FE0 (→FE1,FEG→GE1)

e-b-d1 in EE & GE2 (→GE3)
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On the 2nd crotchet FE0 (→FE,FEG→GE1) has an undoubtedly erroneous e-a-d1 chord. Its correct sound, with the middle component being a b instead of a, may be established by comparing it with analogous bar 247. This version is included in EE, perhaps on the basis of Chopin proofreading of the base text, as well as in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 232-234

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

No indication in GC (→GE)

in bar 232 in FE

in bars 232-234 in EE
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The version of FE is most probably accidental – the engraver forgot about the dashes in the new line of the text. The addition in EE may come from Chopin, although it cannot be excluded that according to Chopin, the crescendo was supposed to be led until  in bar 239.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of EE

b. 233-237

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

No indication in GC (→GE) & FE

in EE
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Same as in bars 45-49, in the main text we give cresc. - - added probably by Chopin in the base text to EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of EE

b. 234-237

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

Long accents &  in GC (→GE)

No signs in FE

2 short accents in EE1

3 short accents in EE2

2 long accents suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest a version based on additions introduced most probably by Chopin in the base text to EE1. We adopt the placement and type of the used accents, which in EE could have been recreated inaccurately, from the undoubtedly authentic notation of the previous version of GC (→GE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 237

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

 in EE, contextual interpretation of FEG

 in FE1

No marking in FE0 (→GE)
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It is not clear what Chopin wanted to underline with the  mark: a sudden change of the chord at the beginning of the bar or the signal chord motif after the rest. The first possibility is suggested by the composer's entry in FEG (which was, after all, not included in GE) and the notation of EE, while the second one – by the notation of FE. It must be emphasised that even the fact of writing this mark under the rests, as it is in FE, does not exclude its validity from the beginning of the bar (possible examples of using such a manner – the Etude in C major, Op. 10 No. 1, bar 45 or in G, Op. 10 No. 5, bars 34-35).  

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE , Centrally placed marks , Authentic corrections of EE