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Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

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GE1op
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. 97-98

Repeated chord in As (→A→FE→EE,GE1op,GE1Ab)

Tied chord in GE2op (→GE3op)

Sustaining the chord at the transition between the bars is certainly an arbitrary revision of GE2op (→GE3op), introduced by analogy to identical bars 93-94. Both autographs prove that Chopin considered the version of bars 93-94 to be a one-off rhythmic diversification of the four-time repeated scheme.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowego Instytutu Fryderyka Chopina