mUltimate Chopin

WN 29, Waltz in E minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Select: 
Category
All
Graphic ambiguousness
Interpretations within context
Differences between sources
Editorial revisions
Corrections & alterations
Source & stylistic information
Slurs
All
Pitch
Rhythm
Slurs
Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
Verbal indications
Pedalling
Fingering
Ornaments
Shorthand & other
Importance
All
Important
Main
Undo Clear

Slurs

b. 3-5

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

3 slurs in sources

Continuous slur suggested by the editors
..

The divided slur in the sources almost certainly resulted from a combination of extra-musical factors, e.g. unclear notation of [A] (e.g. due to combining slurs), inaccuracies (e.g. ink stoppage), transition to a new line, etc., since such slurring is contrary to the smoothly unfolding, homogeneous R.H. figuration. Due to the above, in the main text we give one, continuous slur.
See also bars 139-142. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 18

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

Slur to b2 in sources

Slur to g2 suggested by the editors
..

A comparison with the remaining 5 analogous places – bar 10, 42, 50, 114 and 122 – reveals that the longer slur in the discussed bar is almost certainly inaccurate. Therefore, in the main text we give a slur only over the group of quavers, as was performed in the other bars.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in PE

b. 43-51

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

No slurs in sources

Slurs suggested by the editors
..

The missing slur in bars 43 and 51 is most probably an oversight – by the engraver, or the copyist, or perhaps Chopin. Had Chopin envisioned a different kind of articulation for this figure than in bars 11 and 19, he would have certainly marked it somehow. Therefore, in the main text we suggest slurs after the aforementioned bars. See also bars 115 and 123.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 95-96

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

Different slurs in sources

Slur to A1 in sources (b. 95)

Slur to G1 in sources (b. 95/119)
..

In the sources the slur in bar 95 encompasses only this bar, while in bar 95/119 reaches G in the next bar. Interpreting the range of Chopinesque slurs may be quite troublesome, hence such a difference most probably means that in the manuscript the slur ended ambiguously, and the publisher – consciously or not – reproduced it twofold in the copy of [A] prepared as the basis. Both versions can be considered equivalent, and to the main text we choose the longer slur as being more natural at the end of a phrase.
A similar problem concerns the  hairpin in these bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 109-112

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

Different slurs in sources

Slur in sources in b. 109-112
..

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