Issues : Authentic corrections of EE

b. 221

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

Fingering in EE

No fingering in FE & GE

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The fingering was most probably added by Chopin in the base text to EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of EE

b. 221-225

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

Slurs in GC

No slurs in FE

Slurs in EE

Slur in GE1

Slurs in GE2

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The absence of the slurs in FE, unless it is a simple oversight, suggests that the slurs in GC could have been added by Chopin. They were reproduced inaccurately both in GE1 and in GE2. Most probably, the slurs added in EE are also authentic, following the line of the changes of notation, introduced gradually by Chopin here and in the analogous fragment of the exposition (see bars 93-97). We suggest the latter, as the latest and most accurate, in the main text.
(Double slurs, as the ones in the L.H. in bars 222 and 224, were used by Chopin, e.g., in the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, 3rd mov., bars 473-480. However, one may have doubts whether the fact of doubling the signs was not an idea of the reviser of EE.)  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of EE

b. 222

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

Probable long accent in FEG

Short accent in FE, GE & EE

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The accent written by Chopin in FEG does not differ in the size from the next ones, yet in GE1 it was interpreted as short. Perhaps the engraver paid attention to a slightly different shape of the sign; he could have also assumed that an accent would be more suitable over the crotchet, while over the pair of quavers – a short diminuendo (this is how the engravers would treat Chopin long accents). FE and EE also have short accents, however, it does not give certainty – as in the case of GE1 – as to Chopin's intention. Without access to a photography of FEG with higher revolution, not to mention finding the base texts to FE and EE, this issue seems to be impossible to resolve.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 227

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

Quavers without slur in FEG & FE1

Quavers with slur in GE & EE

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FE0 has a whole rest in the L.H. In FEG (→GE) Chopin added two quavers and relevant rests. He must have introduced a similar change also in the base texts to FE and EE. According to us, the quavers – same as the previous ones – were supposed to be embraced with a slur, in spite of the fact that it is absent in FE and in FEG (if we are to believe the photocopy of this source, which is not of the highest quality). 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 229

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

in FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

No marking in FE0 (→FEGGE1)

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Chopin added the  marking in the base texts to EE and FE. It was also added in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of EE