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Issues : Authentic corrections of EE

b. 261

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

 
 
 
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The staccato dot written by Chopin in FEG may be ambiguous: it is not known whether it concerns the octave in the R.H. in bar 261 or the octave in the L.H. in the great stave right above it, in bar 256. It may be the reason explaining why the sign was not included in GE1 (→GE2→GE3). The sign included in EE is also not entirely clear – in spite of the fact that it resembles a wedge, it has a dot in its structure. Therefore, it is hard to conclude what was written in Chopin base text to EE; hence to the main text we adopt a staccato dot, written by Chopin's hand in FEG.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 268

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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In FEG and in the base text to EE Chopin changed enharmonically b to c1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Enharmonic corrections , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 269

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

d1-e1 in FE

d1-e1-g1 in GE & EE
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The d1-e1 second, present in FE, is the original version – in FEG (→GE) Chopin added to it a g1. EE also features the completed version with the d1-e1-g1 chord. Therefore, the fact of leaving FE in the original version must be considered as Chopin's oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 273-282

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

Two slurs in GC (→GE)

Interpretation of slurs in GC suggested by the editors

Slur from bar 276 in FE

Complement to slur in FE

Slur from bar 273 in EE

Another interpretation of slurs in GC
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Beginning the slur of GC (→GE) in bar 275 is most probably a mistake – cf. the slur of FE, beginning one bar later. However, the intention of the writer could have been combining this slur with the slur in bar 273. We include this possibility also due to the slur of EE, which is most probably a result of Chopin's extension of the slur of FE2 in the base text to EE. While the idea of embracing all the discussed bars with one slur does not raise any doubts, the moment of starting the slur could be misinterpreted by the engravers of EE (cf. the note on analogous situations in the middle section of Scherzo). The suggestion of completing the version of FE results from the conviction that the omission of the slur in bar 273 was not intended in this edition. Except for the first of the aforementioned versions, each of the remaining ones can be considered to be corresponding to Chopin's intention on a certain stage of shaping the notation of this phrase.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 276-277

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

accel. in FEG & FE, literal reading

accelerando in GE

accelerando in EE
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According to us, the accel. indication written by Chopin in FEG should be understood as "over the 1st quaver in bar 277" and not "from the last quaver in bar 276". This is how it was understood in GE and this is the interpretation we adopt in the main text. The entry underlying the version of FE must have looked similarly. We develop the abbreviation used by Chopin, which is used less frequently nowadays; GE and EE already include the full indication.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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