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WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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b. 122

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

No mark in PE

Staccato dot in GE
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As in bar 18, the missing staccato dot in this bar is probably an oversight by Chopin – cf. bar 114. GE added the dot most probably by analogy with bar 114 (or by mistake – in analogous bars 18 and 50 no dots were added).

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issues: GE revisions

b. 122

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

No slur in PE

Slur in GE
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The missing slur in PE is one of a few defects in this fragment of the Waltz (see bar 115). In the main text we add a slur, as it was performed in GE.

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issues: GE revisions , Errors in PE

b. 124

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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In PE this bar opens a new page. In the L.H. part the previous bar ends in the treble clef, yet in the discussed bar at the beginning of the line there is a bass clef in PE1, followed immediately by a treble clef. This unnecessary complication resulted from a bass clef having been placed by mistake at the end of bar 123, which was then removed, still in PE1 (one can see traces of this mark). In PE2 this version was simplified by placing a treble clef right at the beginning of the bar. In GE, in which – as in our transcriptions – both bars fall in one line, no clefs are necessary here. While performing the correction in PE2 the arpeggio mark before the L.H. chord was removed by mistake.

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b. 124

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

Arpeggio sign in PE1 (→GE)

Arpeggio sign in PE1 (→GE)

No sign in PE2 (→PE3→PE4)
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The missing arpeggio in PE2 (→PE3→PE4) is a side effect of ordering the notation of clefs at the beginning of this bar, which in PE opens a new page of text (see the note above).

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issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in PE ,

b. 124

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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In the main text, we add cautionary naturals before d notes in the first chord.

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