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Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

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b. 27

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

e in chords in As

No e in remaining sources
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The present in As e notes in the chords on the 2nd and 3rd beat of the bar do not appear in any of the later sources. It cannot be excluded that writing the remaining three components of these chords in bold type de facto meant a planned resignation from these sounds already at the stage of working on As. It is even more likely considering the fact that in the sketch one can see the change of the 4th quaver in the R.H. from g1 to e1, which most probably determined the deletion of e from the accompaniment.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Main-line changes

b. 28

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

Triads in As & AI

Sixths in AII & AIII, alternative version in As

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

issues: 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. 30

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

b2 in remaining sources
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In As the part of the R.H. is not written out in bars 29-31, which in the case of bar 30 must be understood as a literal repetition of bar 22, including the last quaver, different than in the subsequent sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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