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Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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Issues : Annotations in FED

b. 212

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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The sign added in FED, a vertical line, probably underlines the necessity to separate the ending unisono phrase from the following refrain.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 217

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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In the entire bar FE0 (→FE,FEG) has only two cautionary accidentals: a  lowering g2 to g2 on the 3rd quaver and a  raising a1 to a1 in the L.H. Out of three undoubtedly overlooked signs in the R.H., it is the lack of the  raising a1 to a1 at the beginning of the bar that is most striking; the accidental was added in pencil in FED, it was also added in GE and EE. In both editions a  was added also before the last quaver, yet the fully correct notation is only in GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 218-219

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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In both bars in FE0 (→FE,FEG) there is not any  lowering g3(2) to g3(2). The flats in bars 217 and 220 prove Chopin's oversights, probably still in [A]. Some of the necessary signs were added in pencil by the composer in FED (both before g3) and in FEJ (at the beginning of bar 219). They were also added in GE and EE (the sign in bar 218 only in GE2 and GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Annotations in FEJ

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. 283-284

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

No indications in FE, #E & EE

Fingering indications written into FED
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The signs written in FED under the 4th quaver in bar 283 and under the 2nd and 6th quavers in bar 284 most probably indicate a more convenient performance of the passage consisting in taking these notes over by the L.H. It is not entirely clear what it exactly is – according to us, they are additional quaver flags (cf. the Nocturne in C minor, Op. 27 No. 1, bar 27). We include these meaningful practical hints in the main text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED