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Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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b. 237

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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There are no accidentals before the 2nd chord of the bar in FE0 (→FEG). This patent inaccuracy was corrected in FE1 (partially, as only a  before b2 was added) and in GE1 and EE (both necessary naturals). In GE2 (→GE3) the third  before e2 was added. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 239

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

 in FE1

leggiero in GE

Both indications in EE
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Chopin added the indication leggiero in FEG (→GE) and in the base text to EE, whereas  – in the base text to FE and EE. As each of these indications was written by Chopin in two base texts and in one of them – EE – he wrote both, in the main text we give both indications. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 243-244

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

up to a3 in FE, GE & EE

up to a4 in FED
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In FED Chopin marked in an abbreviated manner an extension of the figuration with an octave (in pencil). A similar solution can be found in the Etude in F minor, Op. 25 No. 2, bar 67, the Nocturnes in F minor, Op. 48 No. 2, bars 113-114 and in E major, Op. 62 No. 2, bars 68-69 and in the Waltz in A major, Op. 34 No. 1, bars 163-164 and 167-168. In some of the cases, the idea of the variant could have been related to the extended piano scale, which in Chopin's last years reached until a4. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Authentic post-publication changes and variants

b. 244

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

No mark in FE, GE & EE

Wedge in FEG

Our variant suggestion
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The wedge written by Chopin in FEG was not included in GE, which is most probably a result of the engraver's inattention. As it is also absent in FE and EE, we leave the inclusion of this indication at the discretion of the performer. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 244-260

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

No pedalling in FE0 (→EE,FEG→GE)

Pedalling in FE1
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On this page of the Waltz, Chopin added pedalling only in the proofreading of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE