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Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

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Issues : Chopin's hesitations

b. 24

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

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In the sequence including the final version of the L.H. in bars 21-24 As has a g-b-f1 chord on the 3rd beat of bar 24. It is undoubtedly an inaccuracy, however, it is not entirely clear what Chopin intention was:

  • an a-b-f1 chord;
  • an a-f1 sixth – the g note could have been written as an inaccurate "correction" of the erroneous b.

Moreover, after the discussed crotchet Chopin wrote a small crotchet d. It is probably another alternative version of the 3rd beat of the bar in this version of accompaniment.

The variants resulting from the above analysis of As are given in the previous note.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Accompaniment changes

b. 25

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

d1-e1-b1 in As, AII & AIII

b-d1-e1 & G in AI, alternative version in As

b-e1 in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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From the very beginning, the version of the 2nd crotchet reaching to b1 seems to be associated with the "tenor" version of bars 21-24, present accordingly in the presentation autographs. However, Chopin was not entirely consistent, as in AI he used in bar 25 a narrower position of the L.H., which, in turn, could have been associated with playing G on the 3rd beat of the bar. In any case, in the sources there is not any juxtaposition of two wider positions in bars 24-25, practically resulting in a parallel shift of chords.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Accompaniment changes

b. 26

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

2 triads in As & AI

Sixth in AII

Triad in AIII & A (→FE→GE,EE), alternative version in As
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Accompaniment changes

b. 29-30

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

Crotchets in As & AIII

Crotchets in AI & AII

Crotchets in alternative version in As

Minim in A (→FE→GE1op,GE1Db,EEC)

Minims ( e1) in GE2op (→#GE3op), GE2Db (→GE3Db→GE4Db) & EEW1 (→EEW2)
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As it was described in bars 21-24, in the previous autographs Chopin used here a version which in A and in the editions appeared right there. In AI and AII it was preserved in its earliest form, with triads in bar 30.

In the main text we add a cautionary  before e1 in bar 19, a similar action was taken in all subsequent editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Chopin's hesitations , GE revisions , FE revisions

b. 34

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

a1 in As, AI, AII, AIII & FE (→GE,EE)

a1 in A
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A has a  before the last quaver. Chopin deleted it in the proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). Since a1 was also in all previous autographs, the temporary presence of a1 indicates Chopin's hesitation (unless it is a mistake).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Authentic corrections of FE