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b. 18

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

Slur to b2 in sources

Slur to g2 suggested by the editors

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A comparison with the remaining 5 analogous places – bar 10, 42, 50, 114 and 122 – reveals that the longer slur in the discussed bar is almost certainly inaccurate. Therefore, in the main text we give a slur only over the group of quavers, as was performed in the other bars.

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issues: Inaccuracies in PE

b. 18

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

No mark in sources

Staccato dot suggested by the editors

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The missing staccato dot in this bar is probably an oversight by Chopin – cf. bar 10. A similar situation is in bar 50 and 122. 

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b. 36

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

Digit 4 in sources

No that digit in the main text

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The authenticity of the fingering digit over the 1st quaver is questionable when we compare it with the undoubtedly Chopinesque fingering of the passages of a similar structure, containing a similar combination of white and black keys – cf. the Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11, bar 82 or the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, III mov., bar 97 and 101-102, not to mention the Etude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2, the main technical goal of which is developing efficiency of fingers in such combinations. In the main text we omit this digit, which does not exclude the use of the 4th finger, but at the same time it leaves the door open for another possibility, which many pianists – including, apparently, probably Chopin – would consider more convenient.

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issues: Errors in PE

b. 36

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

No mark in PE1 (→PE2PE3)

Staccato dot in GE & PE4

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The missing staccato dot under the bass note in the first impressions of PE must be an oversight (in this and the next bar). Relevant marks are present in analogous figures both before (bars 33-35) and after (bar 38). In the main text we add a dot in both places, as it was performed in GE and PE4.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Errors in PE , Revisions in #PE

b. 37

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

No mark in PE1 (→PE2PE3)

Staccato dot in GE & PE4

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As in the previous bar, the missing staccato dot in the first impressions of PE must be an oversight. In the main text we add it, as it was performed in GE and PE4.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Errors in PE , Revisions in #PE