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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
GE1op
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. 81-82

Chords in As & AI

Sixths & d in A (→FE→GE,EE)

In both earlier manuscripts, the accompaniment in these bars is a repetition of the version of bars 65-66. Eventually, Chopin replaced the chords with dyads and added a touch at the beginning of bar 82. The latter was probably aimed at avoiding the stoppage of an audible rhythmic pulsation in the face of the introduction of the syncopation in the melody.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

notation: Pitch

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