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WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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b. 109-112

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

Different slurs in sources

Slur in sources in b. 109-112
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The shorter slur present in the sources in the repetition of this phrase (bars 109/133-112/136) probably resulted from a mistake by the copyist preparing the basis for PE1 on the basis of [A] – he could have, e.g. looked at similar bars 85-88 (in the R.H. part). In the main text we give a longer slur, which seems to fit better with the homogeneous, smooth accompaniment. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

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 – must contain an error in one of these bars, as the second place was almost certainly marked in [A] as a repetition of the first. The structure of the accompaniment figures in this episode suggests that the mistake was made the second time. An appropriate correction – probably based on a comparison with bar 111 – was introduced in GE and PE3 (→PE4).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 113-115

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

Pedalling in sources

No markings in main text
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As before, in the main text we omit the pedal markings present in these bars in the sources. It was the marks given in bars 9-19 that were repeated here, inaccurately, on top of that – see the notes on bars 115-118 and 119-120.

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b. 115

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

in sources

No indication in main text
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The  indication repeated in this bar is most probably a mistake, since there are no reasons to remind the dynamics of the theme after 2 bars; a theme that has already appeared twice provided with the same or a similar indication –  in bar 9 and dolce in bar 41. Due to the above, in the main text we do not include this indication. In this and subsequent bars preceding the coda, there is also a number of other notation inaccuracies.

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b. 115-118

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

 in PE

  in GE

No markings in main text
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In PE, at the beginning of bar 115, there is a  mark, which is not followed by any pedal markings until the end of the line in bar 118. It is most probably a mistake, partially corrected in GE, in which a  was added under the 3rd crotchet in bar 115. As in bars 113-114, in the main text we omit the pedal markings here – see bars 17-24.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , No pedal release mark , Errors in PE