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Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of EE

b. 152-165

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

Slur in FE0

Long slur in FE1

Four slurs in FEG (→GE1)

Four slurs in EE

Five slurs in GE2 (→GE3)
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The slurring in bars 159-164 is clearly incomplete in FE0, which may be a result of Chopin's inaccuracies in [A], errors of the engraver or both. Chopin then changed and completed the slurs in FEG, the base text to EE and proofreading of FE1, yet in all of them differently. In total, it gives three different authentic slurring versions. In the main text we give the version written by Chopin's hand in FEG (→GE1), as in the case of FE and EE, there is a slight possibility that Chopin proofreading was overlaid with certain mistakes, manners or revisions of the engravers.
It is not entirely clear what the motivation of the reviser of GE2 (→GE3) was at the time of breaking the slur between bars 159 and 160. 

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

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

b. 165

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

in FE1, EE, GE2 (→GE3)

No marking in FE0 (→FEG→GE1)
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Chopin added the  mark in base texts to FE and EE, they were also added in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 173

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

d1-e1 in FE (→FEG→GE1)

d1-e1-g1 in EE & GE2 (→GE3)
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The d1-e1 second featured in FE and GE1 is the original version, which is proven by the comparison with the remaining four analogous places in bars 49, 81, 113 and 269. In three out of five places Chopin added to it a g1 note in FEG (→GE). In EE the completed version with the d1-e1-g1 chord is in all five places, which also proves Chopin's proofreading. Therefore, the fact of leaving the original version of the discussed bar in FE and GE1 must be considered as Chopin's oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accompaniment changes , Omitted correction of an analogous place , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 174

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

 
 
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On the 2nd and 3rd crotchets in FE there is no c1. Chopin completed this deficiency in FEG (→GE). EE also features the correct version.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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

b. 207-209

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

in EE

No indication in FE (→GE)

Our variant suggestion
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Chopin probably added the dim. indication in the base text to EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of EE