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b. 1-52

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

 
 
 
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The repetition of the whole Waltz is marked in #CF and PE (segno, two codas at the end of the piece) and written out with notes in FEF and GEF. Both the repetition and the link between bar 52 and bar 1 bear marks of authenticity:

  • initially, the form of the Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2 was similar;
  • a harmonic link analogous to the link between bars 52 and bar 1 appears in Chopin's pieces on a number of occasions, e.g. in the Waltz in A major, WN 28.

In order to facilitate a transparent comparison of all sources, we change the written-out repetition in FEF and GEF to the version with segno and two codas (like in #CF and PE).    

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

b. 1

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

A (→GE2→GE3)

GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The value 192 entered in the metronome marking in A raises no source-related or stylistic doubts. Vivid, oberek-like tempo corresponds with the character of the first phrase of the Mazurka (bars 1-20). The same cannot be said about the value 108 appearing in GE1 (→FE→EE). As there are no traces of Chopin's intervention, the most probable explanation for the discrepancy is the accidental repetition of the metronome marking from the previous Mazurka in GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Metronome tempos

b. 1

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

Fingering written into FES

No fingering for teaching purposes suggested
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 1-52

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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In the variants of phrase marks, we take into account only the ones coming from Chopin's autographs and copies of autographs.

The phrase marks in FEF and GEF are short; generally, they do not span more than one bar. Their authenticity is questionable - they must be Fontana's revision. In rare cases when a phrase mark of FEF and GEF overlaps with the phrase marks of the autograph/copies, we record this fact next to the relevant variant-miniature.

#CF (on the preserved page) and PE do not feature phrase marks.

 

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 1

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

Title in A (→GE1)

FE and GE2 (→GE3)

EE
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Replacement of 4 Mazurkas with Quatre Mazurkas does not change the authentic title. The addition to the title in EE is definitely inauthentic; the English editor added the expression Souvenir de la Pologne to each consecutive opus of Chopin's Mazurkas.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions