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Op. 64 No 1, Waltz in D♭ major

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Issues : Abbreviated notation of A

b. 13-20

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

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In A the bars are marked additionally with numbers from 1 to 8, used later for the abbreviated notation of bars 85-92.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 25-30

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

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In A the bars are additionally marked with letters from a to l, used then for the abbreviated notation of bars 97-107 and 113-119.

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issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 69-94

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

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In the previous autographs the reprise is marked in an abbreviated manner with Dal Segno or Dal Segno al fine (in As the return is indicated only with segno). At the same time, Chopin put it in different places, as both the eight-bar link (bars 69-76) and the beginning of the reprise have a different form in various sources:

  • in As there is no link at all, although the reprise begins with a trill in bars 77-78; the return leads to bar 3;
  • in AI the notation ends only in bar 80, after which one returns to bar 9;
  • in AII and AIII after bar 76 one returns to bar 5.

Due to the reasons discussed in the characterization of As, we write out the reprise in this autograph until the end of the text of this source in bar 108.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Abbreviated notation of A

b. 85-92

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

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In A the bars are marked in an abbreviated manner as repetition of bars 13-20. Chopin, as usually, used numerated empty bars, however, he introduced dynamic indications. The engraver of FE did not understand or ignored this, as initially he took into consideration only the signs in three last bars, furthermore with a mistake – see the adjacent note in this bar and in bars 87-92.

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issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 97-119

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

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In A bars 97-107 and 113-119 are written in an abbreviated manner as repetition of bars 25-35 and 25-31 respectively. Chopin used empty bars, provided with subsequent letters of alphabet, however, he introduced a dynamic hairpin. In the first section it coincides exactly with the one present in bars 25-53, yet in the second it does not. The engraver of FE did not understand it or ignored it, as he did not include the signs that were written here – see bars 113-116 and 117-118.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A