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Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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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. 251

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

g in chord in FE0 (→FE1,FEG,EE)

b in chord in GE
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On the 3rd crotchet GE certainly erroneously repeats the previous chord.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 253

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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In FE0 (→FE,FEG) there is no  lowering g to g. It was the reviser of GE1 (→GE2→GE3) that added the necessary sign. The correct version is also in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves

b. 255

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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GE1 has a superfluous cautionary  next to g1 on the 3rd crotchet. The sign was removed already in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 256

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

g2 in FE0 (→EE)

f2 in FE & GE
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The version of FE0 (→EE) with g2 as the bottom note of the first of the pairs of the quavers is most probably erroneous. In the base text to FE and in FEG (→GE) Chopin changed this g2 to f2, yet in FE the correction was misunderstood, hence the flat was also copied, which resulted in a f2. Chopin corrected this new error in FEJ. In this situation, the presence of the original version in EE must be considered as a result of an oversight of proofreading or the engraver's inattention. In the main text we give the text written by Chopin's hand in FEG and FEJ.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE , Annotations in FEJ , Authentic corrections of GE