As
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. 97-98

No slurs in As

Slur in AI

Slurs in A & EE

Slurs in FE (→GE)

In As there are no slurs in these bars, whereas in AI a slur – unclear – is written only in bar 98, being a repetition of bar 34. In the main text, we give the slurs of A, since their authenticity – despite quite a careless notation – seems to be unquestionable. The slurs of FE (→GE) may be a result of Chopin's proofreading, yet, due to the lack of visible traces of performing changes in print, it is not certain. How it occurred that all EE include, accordingly, a version different from the version of FE, what is more, identical with the text of A, remains unclear.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE, EE inaccuracies

notation: Slurs

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