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WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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b. 0-4

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

 
 
 
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In the majority of the sources, there are two slurs within bars 1-4: the first one spanning bars 1-2, the second - bars 3-4. The beginnings and endings of the slurs were written imprecisely. AR includes one slur spanning bars 1-4. In CY, the absence of the second slur, within bars 3-4, may be considered a copying inaccuracy. Due to the repetition of the c2 note at the beginning of the Waltz in AE (→CX) and CC, the first slur begins in the upbeat. A similar situation occurs in CY, however, due to the upbeat, we put the beginning of the slur in the 1st bar, contrary to the notation of the copy.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 1

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

 
 
 
 
 
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In the sources, one can encounter a few variants of the Waltz's beginning:
- without upbeat in AR (it may be the earliest autograph) - in this manuscript, there is also an f1 (most likely) grace note written in pencil, which should be performed only in the repetition of the first section of the Waltz, i.e. after the 1st volta (like in AO)
- with upbeat in the remaining sources: with a tied c2 in AO, AK, AG (→CY), FEF and GEF; with a repeated c2 in PE and AE (→CX); with a repeated c2 and with an f1 grace note in AE (the grace note written in pencil) and CC. In CC, the L.H. is not written in the upbeat.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

b. 1

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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CC features a minim (without dot). In another commenced copy of the waltz, on the rear 2nd page of CC, there is also a minim. Therefore, the absence of dot in this source does not seem to result from an oversight of the copyist of CC, but from the fact of copying from a source in which the dot had been overlooked (another autograph or copy of autograph). The minim in the remaining sources is provided with a dot.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

b. 1-23

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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The first page of FC, to bar 23, has not been preserved to the present day. In the abbreviated markings of sources from Fontana's version we adopt:
- to bar 23: F = PE, FEF, GEF
- from bar 23: F = PE, FEF, GEF and FC.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Incomplete sources

b. 1

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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In AG, Chopin did not write the time signature; the remaining sources feature a 3/4 marking.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in A