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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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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. 75-76

New slur from 3rd beat of bar 75 in AI, contextual interpretation

Continuous slur in A (→FE→EE,GE1op,GE1no2→GE2no2)

New slur from 3rd beat of bar 76 in GE2op (→GE3op)

In AI, the slur running from bar 73 ends over the 1st crotchet in bar 75, whereas a new slur begins from the 3rd beat of this bar. Leaving the 2nd crotchet outside of the phrases raises doubts – according to the musical sense, it is the first slur that is most probably too short, e.g. as a result of ink stoppage. Therefore, we interpret it as reaching e2.
The broken slur in bar 76 is an arbitrary revision of GE2op (→GE3op). 

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A, GE revisions

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Bibliothèque de l'Opéra, Paris