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Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

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b. 1-4

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

No introduction in As

4 bars in AI, AII, AIII & A (→FE→GE,EE)

4 bars with fingering written in FED

8 bars with fingering in FED

8 bars without teaching fingering
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The addition in FED – trill 4 bars – probably means a variant of beginning the Waltz in a way similar to the return of the main section from bar 69. We give each of the variants – four- and eight-bar – in the version with fingering, written also in FED, or without.

As starts right away with accompaniment, which corresponds with bar 5 of the version of later autographs and editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Main-line changes , Differences in form

b. 21-24

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

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In the version with the bass line, led with minims in the tenor register, Chopin wrote rests for the top voice of the L.H. (over the minims) only in one of the autographs – AII.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations

b. 36-37

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

a1 repeated in As, AI, AII, AIII & A (→FE→GE1Db,EE)

a1 tied in GE1op (→GE2op→#GE3op) & GE2Db→GE3Db→GE4Db)
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In GE1op – probably due to the misunderstanding of the phrase mark running from the a1 crotchet in bar 36 (the 2nd volta) – a tie sustaining this crotchet to a minim in the next bar was added. The erroneous version was repeated in all subsequent GE (also in the majority of the subsequent collective editions of Chopin's works).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , 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. 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