mUltimate Chopin

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
compare
  b. 29

in As & AI

in A (→FE→GE,EE)

In the version introduced in A (→FE→GE,EE) the harmonic progression is smoother (shift of the d-a fifth to the 2nd beat of the bar) and more elaborate. Moreover, Chopin emphasised the polyphonic value of the bass progression with a slur.

Compare the passage in the sources »

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

notation: Pitch

Go to the music

.