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Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 13-14

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

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The sharps raising d3(2) to d3(2), overlooked in the manuscripts, were added in FE (→GE,EE). It is a typical inaccuracy of the Chopin notation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 33

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

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A cautionary , added in FE (→GE,EE), before d2 is certainly justified after the five-bar-long cadenza in E major.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 47

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

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In As (→A) there is no  next to c2, which, in this context, has to be considered an inaccuracy. The sign was added already in FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 49

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

g1-g1 in A

f1-g1 in As & FE (→EE)

g1-a1 in GE
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All three source versions are most probably authentic and prove the composer's hesitation and the quest for the smoothest formula for this motif. In the main text, we give probably the latest version of GE (the middle g1-a1 quavers), adding – after GE2op (→GE3op) and GE2Ab – a cautionary  before g1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 51

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

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In A there are no naturals raising d1 to d1 in the chords on the 2nd beat of bars 53 and 55. This patent inaccuracy was corrected already in FE (→GE,EE), perhaps at Chopin's request. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A