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WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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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.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

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