GE1op
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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. 33-34

Slur in AI (bars 33-34)

Slurs in A (→FEGE,EEW1EEW2)

New slur in bar 33 in EEC

The slur of AI (slurs?) in bars 33-34 is unclear, as far as its range (does the slur run already from the last crotchet in bar 32 and where does it lead) and continuity (break over the 1st quaver in bar 34) are concerned. According to us, neither the shape nor the range of both parts of the slur indicate an intention of dividing them – the break is most probably a result of a temporary lack of ink. A similar cause could have also provoked abandonment of continuation of the slur. Therefore, we assume that the slur begins in bar 32 and embraces bars 33-34, which may be interpreted as a general signal suggesting performance – its counterpart in a developed notation would have been, e.g., the slur Chopin wrote in analogous bars 49-54 in A. The above observations also apply to bars 48-50. In the remaining bars of this section (bars 35-48 and 51-64) AI does not have any slurs. In As there are no slurs in the entire section (bars 33-64). Both manuscripts are also devoid of dynamic signs and pedalling.

In the main text we give the slurs of A (→FEGE,EE).

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in EE, Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

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