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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 153

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

 in A

No sign in FE (→GE,EE)
..

The absence of the  sign, clearly written in A, is probably a mistake of the engraver of FE (→GE,EE). After a longer fragment marked in A in an abbreviated way, the bar is the first written out entirely, so that it seems to be likely that instead of reproducing the actual notation of this bar, the engraver repeated the notation of bar 25.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 162-172

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

 signs in A

 signs in FE

 signs in GE & EE
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Similarly as in bars 33-44 (in the autographs the discussed bars are not written out), we reproduce the range of the  hairpins in the main text on the basis of A. In FE the first 4 signs correspond with the range to the notation of A, however, the next are slightly longer. The remaining editions include signs of the same, six-quaver length.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies

b. 167-168

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

 in A & GE1no2

Longer  in FE (→EE,GE1op→GE2op→GE3op) & GE2no2
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In the main text we give the  hairpin on the basis of A. In FE and in the remaining editions – notwithstanding minor differences between them –  started one quaver earlier (only in GE1no2 the sign, probably as a result of an accidental shortening, has a range compatible with A).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 173

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

Shorter  in A

Longer  in FE (→GE,EE)
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Similarly as in bars 45-48, in the main text we give the range of the  hairpin in bars 173-176 on the basis of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 189-192

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

Longer  in A

Shorter  in FE (→EE)

No sign in GE
..

The absence of the sign in GE most probably means that it was originally absent also in FE, in which it was however added – perhaps by Chopin – in the last stage of proofreadings of FE. In the main text we give the sign written in A in these bars, slightly longer than in the previous appearances of this phrase.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE