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Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 87-92

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

4 hairpins in A

3 hairpins in FE (→EE) & GE2Db→GE3Db→GE4Db)

1 hairpin in GE1Db

2 hairpins in GE1op (→GE2op→#GE3op)

4 hairpins suggested by the editors
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Generally, the dynamic hairpin in GE is incomplete and erroneous in these bars. The traces visible in FE prove that the mistake was committed first in this edition, which, through a proof copy, went into GE. In FE (→EE) the signs were corrected and completed in the last phase of proofreading, perhaps with Chopin's participation. A possible reason of mistakes of the engraver of FE could have been the abbreviated notation of A with dynamic signs, which could have impeded their assignment to correct bars. In the main text we suggest signs of FE in bars 87-90, analogous to signs in bars 15-18 and perhaps corrected by Chopin. In turn, in bars 91-92 we give signs of A, since in FE the sign in bar 91 was probably accidentally overlooked.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 109

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

No marking in AI & GE

in A (→FE→EE)
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The absence of  in both forms of GE, typeset independently, may mean that the indication was initially overlooked in FE, in which it was then added in the last phase of proofreading. It is even more likely, considering the fact that an identical situation concerns the accent in the previous bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions