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WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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Issues : GE revisions

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

in PE

No markings in GE

[]  suggested by the editors
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The version of GE and our main text are two alternative ways of correcting the wrong version of PE, in which it is only a  mark that is present in this bar, without the corresponding  mark.

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issues: GE revisions , Errors in PE

b. 125

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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In PE1 (→PE2) there is no  lowering f2 to f2. The patent mistake was corrected in GE. A natural to this note was also added in PE3 (→PE4); however, it was placed on the wrong side of the note – right.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Sign reversal , Errors in PE ,

b. 143

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

Notation in PE1 (→PE2) & PE4

Notation in PE3

Notation in GE
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The notation of PE1 (→PE2), which is devoid of the 1st beat of the bar on the top stave, although formally inaccurate, could be authentic, since Chopin would often omit rests specifying the voice scheme or filling the bar in quasi-polyphonic notation (e.g. in the R.H. in bars 117-119). Therefore, in the main text we leave it unchanged, since it seems unlikely that it could mislead the performers. In GE the bar on the top stave was completed by replacing 2 crotchet rests with a semibreve rest. An interesting yet rather unfortunate attempt at correcting the initial version of notation was made in PE3 by adding an additional stem to the bottom note of the octave, E1. This addition was removed in PE4, thus restoring the version of PE1.

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issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in PE ,