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Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
EEC
Main text
As - Autograph sketch
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1op - First German edtion of Op. 64
GE1Ab - First German edtion of Waltz in A♭ major
GE2op - Second German edition of Op. 64
GE2Ab - Second German edition of Waltz in A♭ major
GE3op - Corrected impression of GE2op
EE - English edition
EEC - Earliest English edition
EEW1 - First English edition
EEW2 - Revised impression of EEW1
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  b. 72

Long accent in As (→A)

 in FE (→GE,EE)

The unequivocal long accent, introduced in A over the g1 minim, was placed in FE (→GE,EE) between the staves as a  hairpin. It is most probably an arbitrary decision of the engraver of FE.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in FE, Placement of markings

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: The Fryderyk Chopin and George Sand Museum, Valldemossa