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WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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b. 88

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to e2. The accidental is present in the sources in all analogous places.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 90-92

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

b-d1-g1 in PE1

a-c1-g1 & d1-g1 in PE2

a-c1-g1 in PE3 (→PE4)

b-d1-g1 in GE
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In bars 90 and 92 and in their written-out repetitions, the 1st R.H. chord has three versions in PE. None of them seem authentic:

  • the first one contains a non-Chopinesque, alternating set of parallel major and minor chords,
  • the second and third ones are a revision, introduced in stages, on an unidentified basis; there is nothing to indicate that this version could have reflected any authentic intention of the text.

In the main text we give the version of GE, which, according to us, is the most likely reconstruction of [A], performed on the basis of PE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Errors in PE ,

b. 93

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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We add a cautionary  before b in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 103

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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The cautionary  to g2 is present in the sources only the first time, in bar 103. It is difficult to say whether it was overlooked in bar 103/127 or added by the reviser in bar 103. In the main text we include this accidental.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Errors in PE ,

b. 111

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

f or d in PE1 (→PE2)

f in GE & PE3 (→PE4)
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The version of PE1 (→PE2) – f in bar 111 and d in bar 111/135 – the latter must be a mistake by the engraver, corrected – most probably on the basis of a comparison with bar 111 – in GE and PE3 (→PE4).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Errors in PE ,