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Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

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b. 12

composition: Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

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In A the tie sustaining a2 in bar 12, the first in a new line of the text, was left unfinished.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in A

b. 75-76

composition: Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

c tied in As (→A→FE→EEC) & EEW2

c repeated in GE & EEW1
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GE and EEW1 overlooked the tie sustaining c. These are most probably mistakes of engravers.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Errors in GE

b. 76-77

composition: Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

Tenuto slur in bar 77 in A

Tie to g1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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In A the g1 minim is supposed to be repeated in bar 77 – it is not combined with a tie with the previous one; moreover, Chopin provided it with a separate tenuto-slur. The tie, present in FE (→GE,EE), linking it to g1, held from bar 72, could have been added by Chopin. However, according to us, a mistake of the engraver, who could have misinterpreted the non-standard tenuto-slur (it is absent in the editions) or simply mistaken bar 77 with one of the previous ones, is more likely. Therefore, in the main text we stick to the notation of A. The version with a tie of g1 in bar 77 can be considered a variant.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE , Tenuto slurs

b. 97-98

composition: Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

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

Tied chord in GE2op (→GE3op)
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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.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 109-110

composition: Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

e1 not tied in A & GE1Ab

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

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE