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WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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b. 124

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

No marking in PE1 (→GE)

 in PE2 (→PE3→PE4)

 suggested by the editors
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The  indication was added in PE2 (→PE3→PE4) probably as a correction of the oversight by the engraver of PE1 (→GE). According to us, however, it is more likely that the indication entered into [A] was , and not :

  • Chopin would use  only in exceptional cases,
  • publishers had problems with deciphering  as a less popular form of this indication (on a number of occasions, it was replaced with , while in the Variations in B, Op. 12 an uncommon zf abbreviation was used a few times).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in PE , Revisions in #PE

b. 124

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

No marks in PE1 (→GE)

Wedges in PE2 (→PE3→PE4)
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The wedges for the 1st crotchet were most probably overlooked by PE1 (→GE), which was rectified by adding them in PE2 (→PE3→PE4). Cf. the note on / below.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Wedges , Errors in PE , Revisions in #PE

b. 124

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

in PE

No markings in GE

[]  suggested by the editors
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The version of GE and our main text are two alternative ways of correcting the wrong version of PE, in which it is only a  mark that is present in this bar, without the corresponding  mark.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Errors in PE

b. 125-127

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

L.H. accents in PE, contextual interpretation

R.H. accents in GE
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Assigning the accents to the R.H. part must be a mistake by the engraver of GE. Although the version of PE is not clear from the graphical point of view, the natural addressee of these accents are the distinct L.H. minims resulting from syncopation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in PE

b. 125

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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In PE1 (→PE2) there is no  lowering f2 to f2. The patent mistake was corrected in GE. A natural to this note was also added in PE3 (→PE4); however, it was placed on the wrong side of the note – right.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Sign reversal , Errors in PE , Revisions in #PE