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Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

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b. 62-64

composition: Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

 from bar 62 in A

 from bar 63 in FE (→GE,EE)
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In the main text we give the  hairpin after A. In the editions it was reproduced inaccurately.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 62-69

composition: Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

4 slurs in AI, literal reading

4 slurs in AI, contextual interpretation

No slurs in AII

3 slurs in AIII

2 slurs in A

Slur from bar 64 in FE (→EEC,EEW1,GE1op,GE1Db)

2 slurs in GE2op (→#GE3op)

1 slur in GE2Db (→GE3Db→GE4Db) & EEW2
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In the main text we give the slurs of A. The versions of the presentation autographs may be considered to be alternative or only precising the suggestions of the nuanced leading of the phrase and of accentuation (except for the clearly unfinished notation of AII). The contextual interpretation of the first slur in AI allows to assume the slurring of GE2op (→#GE3op) to be also admissible. The versions of the remaining editions are either erroneous or completely arbitrary.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 62-63

composition: Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

No grace notes in AI

No slurs in AI

Grace notes with slurs in remaining sources
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No grace notes in As and little slurs, combining the grace notes with the main notes in AI, represents, according to us, the initial stage of shaping of the sound and graphical image of this phrase.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 62-68

composition: Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

As, 1st version

As, 2nd version

Later version
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In these bars, AI continues a phrase which was shaped clearly differently than in the subsequent sources. At the same time, from bar 64 two versions are recorded, both deleted, out of which one is closer to the final version, particularly in terms of harmony. In the version editors we give, however, the second one, as from the notation of the sketch it results that it was written later than the first one. The version cannot be reasonably combined with the variants, concerning the pitch and rhythm, of the later version, e.g., in bars 66 and 67.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations

b. 66

composition: Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

Crotchet e in As, AI, AII & AIII

Rest in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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In the previous sources, the bass note e was played also in this bar. In A one can see traces of several modifications of the accompaniment in this place, whereas the last deleted version included E at the beginning of the bar. The full version of As – see bars 62-69.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations