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Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
FE1
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. 160-164

Four-note chords in A & GE

Three-note chords in FE (→EE)

The version of A, repeated in GE through a proof copy of FE, is the original one. In this version in each bar one is supposed to perform two identical four-note chords (as in the previous bars). In the last proofreading of FE (→EE) Chopin deleted some of the notes, lightening the accompaniment and creating an internal melodic line: g–d1–c1–a– etc.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Pitch

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Original in: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris