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b. 10-11

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

No slur in As, AI & FE (→EE,GE1op,GE1no2)

Slur from 2nd quaver in A

Slur from 1st quaver in GE2op (→GE3op) & GE2no2

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The absence of slurs both in AI and in FE (→EE,GE1op,GE1no2) certainly does not express Chopin's intentions – in the manuscript the slurs were overlooked until bar 16, whereas FE lacks in them also in bar 12. In FE it is bars 138-139 that prove the accidental oversight, in which a slur compatible with A was most probably added by Chopin in the last stage of proofreading. The phrasing mark is also absent in As, in which, however, Chopin wrote two motivic slurs.
The slurs added in later GE, embracing two entire bars, are a result of revision and they were probably modelled on the authentic slurs in bars 26-29. See also the note on slurs in bars 12-13

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 10

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

c in As & AI

f in A (→FEGE,EE)

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The version of AI, most probably written also in As, was then abandoned still before writing A. Among the hypothetical reasons of the change one can name:

  • avoiding oblique tones of c1-c and c-c2;
  • diversifying the harmonic progression – semi-tone transitions appear both two bars earlier and two bars later.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 10

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

Two slurs in As

No slurs in AI & A (→FEGE,EE)

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It is one of two bars in which As includes slurs. These two two-note slurs, eventually replaced with a longer phrase mark, can be considered to be an additional, more precise suggestion concerning the articulation and accentuation of this kind of motifs. According to us, it is, however, highly likely that it was the will to avoid an excessively fragmented articulation of these phrases that was the main motive of rejecting these slurs. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 12-13

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

No slur in AI

Slur from bar 12 in A (contextual interpretation)

Slur from bar 13 in FE (→EE,GE1op,GE1no2)

Slur from beginning of bar 12 in GE2op (→GE3op) & GE2no2

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On the available photocopy of A, the slur in bar 12 starts from the 3rd quaver. We shift the beginning one quaver earlier, analogously to bar 10. In FE (→EE,GE1op,GE1no2) the slur starts – undoubtedly erroneously – only in bar 13, however in bar 140, based on the notation of bar 12 in A, the slur of FE begins exactly on the 2nd quaver of the bar, which supports the solution we adopted. In later GE, the starting point of the slur was moved to the beginning of bar 12, most probably by analogy to the notation of bars 140-141 in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 13

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

 in A (probable interpretation) & GE2no2

 in A, possible interpretation

 in FE (→EEC,GE1no2,GE1opGE2opGE3op)

in EEW

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The range of the  hairpin written in A is unclear – the top arm seems to be much longer than the bottom one. The respective sign in FE (→EEC, the majority of GE) perhaps corresponds to the range of the bottom arm of the hairpin of A. In the main text, we suggest an averaged range of the sign, which then leads to the topmost note of the melody; a similar length of the sign is also – as a result of revision – in GE2no2. Alternatively, one can take into account the top arm, written probably first – such a longer hairpin determines the peak of crescendo practically at the beginning of the next bar. The lack of continuation of the sign in bar 13 in EEW results almost certainly from the division into great staves – in this edition bar 13 opens a new line.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in A