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  b. 115

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The notation of bars 113-123 differs significantly with respect to the previous appearances of this theme, whereby the majority of the differences are either defects or imperfections:

  • the L.H. part is written down with the use of the treble clef for the 2nd and 3rd beats of bars 113-116 and 119 and for entire bars 117-118. It contributed to the mistake in bar 116;
  • in bar 115 the  indication is repeated;
  • pedal markings (not included in the main text) end abruptly after the  mark in bar 115. Markings reappear in bar 119, whereby a  mark is placed only just in bar 120;
  • no R.H. slurs in bars 115, 120 and 123;
  • no L.H. slur in bar 122;
  • the first 4 quavers of the passage in bar 120 are written with the use of an octave sign and encompassed with a separate beam;
  • the mordent in bar 123 is marked with a , and not with a double grace note.

It is difficult to say what the reason could be (perhaps more than one); however, it is certain that in this fragment the text of the Waltz is not fully reliable. In particular, in the discussed bar we omit , unnecessary in the face of an identical indication put 2 bars earlier.

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Original in: The Fryderyk Chopin Institute Library, Warsaw