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Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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Issues : GE revisions

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. 282

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

a2-c3 in FE (→GE1,EE)

a2 in GE2 (→GE3)
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The version of GE2 (→GE3) is most probably revised – c3 on the 4th quaver was removed in order to homogenise the bar with the previous one. The version could have been intended by Chopin if we were to admit that the third in this place is an error of the engraver and that Chopin did not pay attention to it neither in FEG nor in the proofreading of FE and base text to EE and the pupils' copies. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions