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Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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Issues : Errors in EE

b. 40

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

in FE & GE

No sign in EE
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In EE there is no trill. The sign may have been overlooked by the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 65

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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EE erroneously omitted the dot extending the c1 minim.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 91-92

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

FE1 i FEG (→GE)

Rhythm in FE0 (→EE), interpretation
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The version of FE0 (→EE), in which the last semiquaver in bar 91 is linked with a beam to a quaver in bar 92, is certainly a mistake. It is hard to state clearly whether this error follows exclusively from the engraver's oversights or whether it was also some inaccuracies in Chopin base text that contributed to it. As a consequence, the first of the errors resulted in a change of the 1st value in bar 92 from a crotchet to a quaver and most probably it contributed to further rhythmic displacements: a too early placing of the quaver rest and a possible omission of the R.H. in the 2nd half of the bar (see the adjacent note). Chopin apparently did not correct this mistake in the base text to EE, yet the quaver rest was printed correctly, on the 2nd crotchet. To the main text we adopt the unambiguous version of FE1 and GE, confirmed by Chopin proofreading of FEG and similar rhythmic arrangements in bars 99-100. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 103

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

Fifth in FE (→GE)

Third in EE
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Instead of the e1-b1 fifth, EE has here a g1-b1 third, which is probably a mistake. A possible Chopin correction of the base text to EE is, according to us, much less likely.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Terzverschreibung error

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