AIII
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As - Autograph sketch
AI - Autograph I
AII - Autograph Caraman
AIII - Autograph Rothschild
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Second French Edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1op - First German edition of Op. 64
GE1Db - First German edition of Waltz No 1
GE2op - Second German edition of Op. 64
GE2Db - Second German edition of Waltz No 1
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2op
GE3Db - Third German edition of Waltz No 1
GE4Db - Revised impression of GE3Db
EE - English edition
EEC - Earliest English edition
EEW1 - First English edition
EEW2 - Revised impression of WaW1
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  b. 20

e, chord & A in As, literal reading

e & 2 chords in As, contextual reconstruction

Minim a & 2 fifths in AI & AII

Crotchet a & 2 fifths in AIII

Crotchet a, fifth & A in A (→FEGE,EE)

In this bar, the differences between the presentation autographs and the final version result from the need for a smooth transition with the next bar, in which Chopin used a different version of accompaniment, while writing autographs-gifts and yet another one, while preparing the Waltz for print. Therefore, the presented variants may be rationally used only with a corresponding version of bars 21-24. The notation of As is problematic, as Chopin did not write a version of bar 20 which would combine with the tenor-linear version of the L.H., written in the sketch as second and adopted in our reconstruction of As – see bars 21-24 – at all. We assume that the situation implies repetition of the version of bars 9, 11 and 18.

Moreover, it seems to be incomprehensible why the correction of the version of As, which is clear in A, was not initially included by the engraver of FE neither in this bar nor in its repetition in the reprise, as a result of which it had to be redone in the proofreading of this edition. It suggests adding changes in A already after having engraved FE, probably at the time of proofreading. Cf. Polonaise in E minor, Op. 26 No. 1, bar 20.

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See b. 19

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A, Accompaniment changes, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Pitch

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Original in: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paryż