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Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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b. 269-273

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

No markings in FE & EE

 &  in FEG (→GE)
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Chopin added the indications  in bar 269 and  in bar 273 in FEG (→GE). In the remaining sources, FE and EE, the dynamic marks in the ending of the piece appear only in bar 277.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of GE

b. 273

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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The  indication only appears in FEG (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of GE

b. 276-277

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

accel. in FEG & FE, literal reading

accelerando in GE

accelerando in EE
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According to us, the accel. indication written by Chopin in FEG should be understood as "over the 1st quaver in bar 277" and not "from the last quaver in bar 276". This is how it was understood in GE and this is the interpretation we adopt in the main text. The entry underlying the version of FE must have looked similarly. We develop the abbreviation used by Chopin, which is used less frequently nowadays; GE and EE already include the full indication.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 277-278

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

 cresc. - - cresc. in FE

 cresc. - - in EE

cresc. - - in FEG (→GE)
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In the main text we adhere to the dynamic markings written by Chopin in FEG (→GE). In the remaining two first editions cresc. is preceded with a  mark at the beginning of bar 277, which, however, most probably does not indicate a different dynamic concept, as in GE such level of dynamics seems to be most natural after  in bar 273. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 283-285

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

 in bar 283 in FE

 in bar 285 in EE

FEG (→GE)
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In each of three editions Chopin marked the ending of crescendo differently. The version of EE – if it reproduces Chopin's notation correctly – may be considered as intermediary between the shorter crescendo in FE and longer in GE. In the main text we give the version of FEG (→GE) written with the composer's hand. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

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