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Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of GE

b. 92-95

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

One slur in FEG (literal reading→GE1)

One slur in FEG (interpretation) & EE

No slur in FE

Two slurs in GE2 (→GE3)
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Chopin added a slur in those bars to FEG, it is also present in EE. Although a fragment of the slur visible on the available photograph reaches only the bar line after bar 94 (on this basis GE1 ends the slur on the last quaver of this bar), the shape of the line nevertheless suggests a continuation into bar 95. In GE2 (→GE3) the slur was prolonged up to bar 95, but also arbitrarily divided into two parts in bar 92. FE does not have any slur in this passage.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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

b. 95

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

No marking in FE & EE

in GE

Our variant suggestion
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Chopin added the  indication in bar 95 in FEG (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of GE

b. 105

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

No marking in FE & EE

in GE

Our variant suggestion
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Chopin added the  indication in FEG (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of GE

b. 113

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

d1-e1 in FE

d1-e1-g1 in GE & EE
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The d1-e1 second in FE is the original version – in FEG (→GE) Chopin added a g1 note to it. EE also has the completed version with the d1-e1-g1 chord. Therefore, the fact of leaving the original version in FE must be considered as Chopin's oversight. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 136-140

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

End of slur in FE0

Prolonged slur in FE1

Two slurs in FEG (→GE) & EE
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In FE0 the slur ends on the minim. In the base text to FE1 it was corrected by extending the slur to bar 139 (there is a visible trace of deleting the original slur of FE0). There is no reason to doubt the authenticity of this change, yet in FEG Chopin completed the slurring differently, by adding the second slur in bars 136-140. The latter is also in EE, most probably based on the identical Chopin correction of the base text. Therefore, in the main text we give the version with two slurs, written by Chopin twice. The continuous slur of FE, offering greater flexibility as to the choice of phrasing, may be, however, treated equally.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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