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WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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The genre marking Valse was written by Chopin in AR, AE, AG. Additionally, it was added in foreign hand:
- in pencil in AR: Valse Oeuvres posthumes op. 70 no 2
- in pencil in AG: Valse en fa min.

The marking Valse is present also in CC and CY, whereas AO, AK and CX are devoid of it.

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issues: Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 1

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

No indication in AO, AR, AK, AG (→CY) & F

legato in AE (→CX) & CC
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The articulation marking legato was added by Chopin only in AE. It is also present in the CX and CC copies.

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b. 1

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

 
 
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In FEF and GEF, we give in brackets a tied a-c1 third on the 1st beat in the L.H., which refers to the repetition of the whole Waltz in those sources. 

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b. 2

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

 
 
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The short accent is only in FEF and GEF - it must be Fontana's revision.

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b. 3

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

 
 
 
 
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The versions differ in the duration of the second value in the L.H. In the autographs, the 3rd beat is a crotchet, in the editions (F) - a minim. 

The d crotchet on the 1st beat in the L.H. in CX may be considered a copying inaccuracy as well as the dotted minim in CC - those versions are not confirmed by any of the autographs.

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