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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
EEC
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. 3-8

Different length  in A

Longer  in FE (→GE,EE)

Shorter  suggested by the editors

In the main text we unify the reach of the  hairpins in bars 3-4 and 7-8, following three out of four signs written in A. In FE1 the signs were unified too, however, it was the sign beginning slightly earlier in bar 4 that was adopted as the model.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE, Scope of dynamic hairpins

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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