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WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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Issues : Errors in PE

b. 54

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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In PE1 the treble clef is placed before the 1st L.H. crotchet. The patent mistake was corrected in GE and PE2 (→PE3→PE4).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors in PE ,

b. 89

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

No fingering digit in sources in b. 89

'4' in sources in b. 89/113

'Variant' source version
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The digit '4' over the last quaver is present in the sources only the second time (bar 89/113). The mark in bar 89 was most probably overlooked by the engraver of PE (→GE). In the main text we give the complete notation of bar 89/113.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in PE

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. 92

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

Crotchet & minim in PE

Minim in GE

Crotchet, our alternative suggestion
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In PE there is a crotchet with a rest in bar 92, while in bar 92/116 – a minim. One of the versions is most probably erroneous; however, there is not sufficient evidence to decide which one. To the main text we choose the minim, since the repetition of the section encompassing bars 89-96 seems to have been reproduced slightly more accurately – cf. the notes on fingering (bar 89) and the slur (bars 95-96). This version was introduced in GE. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Errors in PE

b. 99

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

 only in b. 99 in sources

in both passages suggested by the editors
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The missing  hairpin in bar 99/123 is most probably an oversight by the engraver, hence in the main text we include (by means of the repeat sign) the mark from bar 99 twice.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in PE