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Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
GE3op
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. 109-110

e1 not tied in A & GE1Ab

e1 tied in FE (→EE,GE1op→GE2op→GE3op) & GE2Ab

According to us, both here and in bars 125-126, the absence of a tie sustaining e1 is an oversight of Chopin. The composer actually wrote out both pairs of bars in A, yet probably only due to the accent on e1, which is absent in bar 1. In any case, a tie added in a proofreading of FE clearly proves Chopin's final intention.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: British Library, Londyn