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WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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b. 20

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

 
 
 
 
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The sources differ in the rhythmic value of the initial e in the L.H.: in AO, AR, AG (→CY) it is a quaver, in the remaining sources – a minim. On the 2nd beat of the bar, we encounter three variants:
- the g-b-g1 triad in AO, AR, AE, AG (→CY), CC
- the b-g1 in AK (under the condition that it is considered jointly with the minim on the 1st beat)
- the g-b-e1 triad in F - of questionable authenticity, perhaps the topmost note of the chord is a Terzverschreibung error.

In CX, the chord on the 2nd beat is ambiguous - it seems that the copyist originally wrote there a four-note chord, e-g-b-g1, and then removed the erroneous e note - in his way - leading the stem of the chord through the note head (a similar situation is to be found in bar 27). Additionally, he moved it under the 3rd beat in the R.H. We adopt the version of AE for the editorial version of CX.  

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b. 20

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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It is only AO that includes a cautionary  next to d2.

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b. 20

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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In AR, there is a single bar line, in CC and CX - double. We adopt a double bar line and repeat sign for the editorial version of these sources - such a way of notation, proper to the variant with two voltas, is present in the remaining sources. In FEF and GEF, there is no second volta, since the repetition was written out with notes.

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b. 21

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

 
 
 
 
 
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The general difference in the variants is either dyads on the 2nd and 3rd beats in AO or triads in the remaining sources - resulting from adding a b note to the dyads of AO.
In AE, Chopin originally wrote a crotchet, which, as it seems, he then changed to a minim; however, he did not remove the previously written value. Therefore, CX includes a simplified notation of this place - the minim only. Due to the lack of an unequivocal deletion, in AE we suggest a two-part writing with a minim and a crotchet.    

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b. 22

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

 
 
 
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The version with chords in AK is of a rather accidental nature, since it was not repeated in an analogous context in bar 38. The variant of F with different chords on the 2nd and 3rd beats is not confirmed by any of the autographs.

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