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Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

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b. 77

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

No marking in AI & FE (→GE,EE)

in A
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The missing  is most probably an oversight of the engraver of FE (→GE,EE). The sign is also absent in the previous autographs, written in the dal Segno convention.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 77

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

No marking in A!

 in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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The  sign was added by Chopin, while preparing the Waltz for publication – it is absent in the previous autographs, out of which only AI includes this bar in a written out form (cf. also the general note on performance indications in these autographs).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 77-78

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

Trill & quavers in As

Quaver ostinato in AI & A (→FE→GE,EE)
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The first two bars of the reprise in As present the idea of the introduction only in the initial phase, which was then developed starting from AI.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 77-78

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

d & f in As, contextual interpretation

d & A in AI

D & f in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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In the part of the L.H. in As only the first two crotchets in bar 77 are written out. It most probably means that the remaining four are to be completed after bars 5-6 (according to the numbering of the final version). In the presentation autographs one can see Chopin's hesitation, as far as the first crotchet in each of these bars is concerned; the version of AI is the most distant from the final version.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations

b. 80

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

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In AI, in which bar 80 is the last one written out with notes, the literally interpreted slur does not suggest a link with the following sequence (repetition of bar 9). However, the continuous slur in bars 1-10 makes us consider it to be an inaccuracy of notation. A similar situation is present at the end of AII – cf. bars 69-76.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources