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Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 12

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

No ornament in AI & GE1Db

 in remaining sources
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The missing mordent is most probably an oversight of both AI and GE1Db.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 21-23

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

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Chopin did not pay special attention to cautionary flats before the e1 and g1 notes in bars 21 and 23. The first was written only in AIII, it was also added in GE2op (→#GE3op) and EEW1 (→EEW2). The second is present in the majority of the sources – it was overlooked only in AII and GE2Db (→GE3Db→GE4Db).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Chopin's hesitations , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

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. 87-92

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

4 hairpins in A

3 hairpins in FE (→EE) & GE2Db→GE3Db→GE4Db)

1 hairpin in GE1Db

2 hairpins in GE1op (→GE2op→#GE3op)

4 hairpins suggested by the editors
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Generally, the dynamic hairpin in GE is incomplete and erroneous in these bars. The traces visible in FE prove that the mistake was committed first in this edition, which, through a proof copy, went into GE. In FE (→EE) the signs were corrected and completed in the last phase of proofreading, perhaps with Chopin's participation. A possible reason of mistakes of the engraver of FE could have been the abbreviated notation of A with dynamic signs, which could have impeded their assignment to correct bars. In the main text we suggest signs of FE in bars 87-90, analogous to signs in bars 15-18 and perhaps corrected by Chopin. In turn, in bars 91-92 we give signs of A, since in FE the sign in bar 91 was probably accidentally overlooked.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 108

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

No mark in AI & GE

Long accent in A & EEW1 (→EEW2)

Short accent in FE (→EEC)
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The accent visible in A has a typical form of long accents. In spite of this, in FE it was reproduced as a short one. The sign in EEW1 (→EEW2) has to be considered to be long, yet the coincidence with the notation of A is most probably accidental. The omission of the accent in GE may be considered to be an oversight, however, it is surprising that the sign is absent in both versions of GE, particularly considering the fact that the same applies to  in the next bar. Therefore, both indications may have been overlooked already in FE and completed in the last proofreading.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE , EE inaccuracies