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Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 40-41

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

f2 repeated in As, AI, AII, AIII, A (→FE→EE,GE1op,GE1Db)

f2 tied in GE2op (→#GE3op) & GE2Db (→GE3Db→GE4Db)
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In both versions of GE2 and all subsequent ones, f2 was arbitrarily combined at the transition between the bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 50

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

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The naturals raising g to g in the chord in the L.H. and g2 to g2 in the R.H. are not carefully written in the autographs – the sign in the L.H. is not present in any of them, while the sign in the R.H. is included only in AII and AIII. The signs were added in the proofreading of FE (→GE,EE), probably by Chopin.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 51

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

g2 in AI, AII, AIII, A (→FE→EE), #GE3op & GE4Db 

g2 in GE1op (→GE2op) & GE1Db (→GE2Db→GE3Db)
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE 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. 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