Issues : Authentic corrections of GE
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b. 222
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composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major
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The accent written by Chopin in FEG does not differ in the size from the next ones, yet in GE1 it was interpreted as short. Perhaps the engraver paid attention to a slightly different shape of the sign; he could have also assumed that an accent would be more suitable over the crotchet, while over the pair of quavers – a short diminuendo (this is how the engravers would treat Chopin long accents). FE and EE also have short accents, however, it does not give certainty – as in the case of GE1 – as to Chopin's intention. Without access to a photography of FEG with higher revolution, not to mention finding the base texts to FE and EE, this issue seems to be impossible to resolve. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE |
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b. 223-226
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composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major
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Chopin wrote four long accents in FEG (the sign in bar 224 is poorly visible on the accessible photocopy, yet its existence is indicated by the presence of a respective sign in GE1). In GE2 (→GE3) long accents were arbitrarily changed to short. As Chopin did not add accents in FE and EE, in the main text we suggest them in the variant form. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 227
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composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major
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FE0 has a whole rest in the L.H. In FEG (→GE) Chopin added two quavers and relevant rests. He must have introduced a similar change also in the base texts to FE and EE. According to us, the quavers – same as the previous ones – were supposed to be embraced with a slur, in spite of the fact that it is absent in FE and in FEG (if we are to believe the photocopy of this source, which is not of the highest quality). category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE |
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b. 230
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composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major
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Chopin added the category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 232-235
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composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major
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The range of the slur written by Chopin into FEG is difficult to evaluate on the basis of the available photocopy. The reading in GE1 suggests it might have actually been longer than its today visible part. Taking into consideration the phrase structure and slurring of the analogous phrases in bars 245-260 and 89-103, we deem three out of all source-based slurring justified: FEG, FE and EE (GE2, GE3). In the main text we accept the latter because both the starting and ending points of this slur appear in more than one authentic source: the phrase mark begins from the semiquaver in FEG and EE, and it reaches bar 235 in FE and EE. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE |
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