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Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

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Issues : Chopin's hesitations

b. 69-76

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

Slur over 8 bars in AI & A (→FE→GE,EE)

Slur from quavers in AII & AIII
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In the presentation autographs Chopin was undecided how to lead the slur over these bars – in AI he embraced with it already the initial trill, however, in the next two, the slurs begin only from the quavers in bar 73. Eventually, Chopin returned to the initial concept of a slur over the entire link. The slur of AII, interpreted literally, does not suggest a link with the further part (repetition of bar 5), which, taking into account the continuous slur in bars 1-10, has to be considered to be an inaccuracy of notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations

b. 73-74

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

Ostinato quavers in AI, AIII & A (→FE→GE,EE)

End of trill & quavers in AII
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Same as the four-bar introduction, also the eight-bar link before the reprise was materialised only at the stage of presentation autographs. Its second part, after the trill, features the most original, as it seems, form in AII. If the chronology of the autographs proposed on the basis of comparison of the texts is correct, it would imply Chopin's hesitation.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations

b. 77-78

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

d & f in As, contextual interpretation

d & A in AI

D & f in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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In the part of the L.H. in As only the first two crotchets in bar 77 are written out. It most probably means that the remaining four are to be completed after bars 5-6 (according to the numbering of the final version). In the presentation autographs one can see Chopin's hesitation, as far as the first crotchet in each of these bars is concerned; the version of AI is the most distant from the final version.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations