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Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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Issues : Errors in FE

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. 230-231

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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In FE0 (→FE,EE) the slur ends on the last semiquaver in bar 230. In FEG (→GE) Chopin extended the slur to the 1st crotchet in bar 231. The composer probably overlooked the respective correction in the base texts to EE and FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE

b. 231

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

e-a-d1 in FE0 (→FE1,FEG→GE1)

e-b-d1 in EE & GE2 (→GE3)
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On the 2nd crotchet FE0 (→FE,FEG→GE1) has an undoubtedly erroneous e-a-d1 chord. Its correct sound, with the middle component being a b instead of a, may be established by comparing it with analogous bar 247. This version is included in EE, perhaps on the basis of Chopin proofreading of the base text, as well as in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 236

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

Crotchet in EE, possible interpretation of FE0 (→FE)

Quaver in GE—another interpretation of FE0 (→FEG)
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In FE (→FEG) the 3rd chord in the L.H. is a crotchet, in spite of the fact that it is followed by a quaver rest. This patent error can be interpreted in two ways: 

  • the engraver inserted the rest by mistake instead of the bass clef (see also: the adjacent note);
  • the engraver could have overlooked both the stem of the quaver and the change of the clef.

As the L.H. has crotchets in similar situations in the Waltz, we consider the first possibility to be more plausible. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE