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Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 48

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

d1 in AI, AII, AIII, A (→FE→GE,EEC) & EEW2

d1 in EEW1
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Both addition of a  raising d1 to d1 in EEW1 and its deletion in EEW2 are arbitrary revisions of the publishing house. The first results from the conventional sense of harmony of the reviser performing a routine check of the notation of accidentals, whereas the second one – from comparison to FE or GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

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. 97

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

No pedalling in A (→FE→GE,EEC)

Pedalling in EEW1 (→EEW2)

Our variant suggestion
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No pedalling signs in this bar is probably a result of Chopin's oversight in A in bar 25 (all subsequent repetitions of this phrase are only signalised as repetitions of this bar). The signs were added in EE, they are also – in bar 25 – in AI.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 113

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

No pedalling in A (→FE→GE,EEC)

Pedalling in EEW1 (→EEW2)

Our variant suggestion
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions