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Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

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Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 54-55

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

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we include the undoubtedly Chopin fingering, written in FES.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 93

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

6 notes in As, possible interpretation of FES

7 notes in AI, AII, AIII & A (→FE→GE,EE)

8 notes in FES, more likely reading
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A possible Chopin variant, added probably with the pupil's hand in FES, can be interpreted in two ways, according to us. As the text of this source we adopt the most likely interpretation, in which the added note is supposed to be simply added to the printed ones. However, the slur may signalise which notes create an entire bar – a supposition supported by the undeniable authenticity of the version, included in As. See also bar 95, in which we discuss a possibility of continuing the variant.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES , Authentic post-publication changes and variants

b. 120-121

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

Chopin's fingering in FED

Chopin's fingering in FES

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we give the fingering written in FES, most probably indicated by Chopin. The second digit was added in FED too.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES

b. 123

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

Mark of synchronization in FED

No mark in remaining sources
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The sign added in FED, indicating the manner of synchronising the grupetto in the R.H. with the accompaniment in the L.H., means that the first 18 notes of the grupetto are to be understood as quaver triplets, whereas the last six – as normal quavers, as in bars 35 and 107. It is unknown whether it was the only performance option accepted by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Synchronization markings