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b. 6

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

 
 
 
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Almost all sources feature a crotchet rest on the 3rd beat in the L.H. It is only AK that has an a-c1 third - it repeats two elements of the previous chord. The authenticity of the version of F with the bass moving to A has to be considered dubious - it is most probably Fontana's revision, continued in the subsequent bars of F. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 6

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

A, FC3 (→FE→IE), EE, GE1 (→GE2)

GE3 (→GE4)
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In GE3 ( →GE4) c1 was arbitrarily augmented to the length of a dotted crotchet. 

 

In # GE1 (→GE2→GE3) from unknown source there apears an unjustified cautionary  mark before g1.

 

Similar text variants appear in b. 14.

 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 6-7

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

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In A and FC3 the second grouping of quavers in bars 6-7 is marked in short as repetition of the first group. Similarly in bars 14-15.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 6

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

A possible reading of the slur in A (→GE→FE→EE)

The slur of A interpreted in context
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The extent of the slur in this bar in A is not clear. As slurs reaching grace notes are used only in exceptional cases, the slur in A may be interpreted as reaching the 2nd quaver or the crotchet on the 2nd beat of the bar. The comparison of all the 12 analogous bars point to the latter possibility. In GE (→FE→EE), the former solution was adopted.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 6

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

A wedge in A

A dot in GE (→FE→EE)
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The staccato mark from A was rendered in GE (→FE>EE) as a dot. In the editors' opinion,  interpreting that mark as a wedge is much more justified, the arguments being its shape (despite its small size it is a line clearly standing out from among the surrounding dots) and the presence of unmistakable wedges in the analogous bars 12, 44, 90, 94 and 96.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Wedges