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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
As
Main text
As - Autograph sketch
AI - Autograph Rothschild
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German Edition
GE1op - First German edition of Op. 64
GE1no2 - First German edition of Waltz No 2
GE2op - Second German edition of Op. 64
GE2no2 - Second German edition of Waltz No 2
GE3op - Corrected impression of GE2op
EE - English Edition
EEC - Earliest English edition
EEW1 - First English edition
EEW2 - Revised impression of EEW1
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  b. 68-69

Slur to f1 in AI & FE (→GE1op,GE1no2,EEC)

Slur to g1 in A, EEW1 (→EEW2), GE2op (→GE3op) & GE2no2

The slur of AI reflects the original assumptions underlying the phrasing – it encompasses exactly 4 bars. In A, Chopin encompassed the entire first phrase with a slur, which, however, was not precisely reproduced in FE (→GE1op,GE1no2,EEC), perhaps due to the line of the text ending in bar 68. In subsequent editions, the slur was extended according to the musical sense.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions, Inaccuracies in FE, GE revisions

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Bibliothèque de l'Opéra, Paris