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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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Crotchet f in As & AI

Minim f in A (→FE→EE,GE1no2,GE1op→GE2op→GE3op))

In the version prepared for print, Chopin gave the bass f the value of a minim. In GE2no2, it was extended with a dot. Interestingly, a corresponding change is absent in analogous bar 89.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: Bibliothèque de l'Opéra, Paryż