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Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

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b. 53

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

in A

No marking in remaining sources
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The  indication is only in A. According to us, it is highly unlikely that Chopin resigned from it, while proofreading FE  (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 71-75

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

No indications in AI, AII & AIII

 in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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The cresc. indication inside a several-bar long  sign was added by Chopin, while preparing the Waltz for publication – it is absent in the previous autographs. The issue of the range of the  hairpin – see bar 75.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 76

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

No markings in AI, AII, AIII, FE (→EE) & GE2Db→GE3Db→GE4Db)

End of  in A

 in GE1Db & GE1op→GE2op→#GE3op)
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 in this bar is a result of a mistake of the engraver of FE, corrected only in the last phase of proofreading. The erroneous sign, repeated in GE1op and GE1Db, was removed in subsequent editions, yet only in the version with single Waltzes. The range of the  hairpin – see the previous note.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

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)
..

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