mUltimate Chopin

Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description

Issues : GE revisions

b. 138-139

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

Slur from 2nd quaver in A (→FE→EEW1→EEW2)

No slur in GE1op & GE1no2

Slur from 1st quaver in EEC, GE2op (→GE3op) & GE2no2
..

The absence of the slur in both versions of GE1 means that most probably it was originally absent in FE too, in which, however, it was added – probably by Chopin – in the last phase of proofreading. The slurs added in later GE, embracing two full bars, are a result of a revision, same as in bars 10-11. In turn, an earlier beginning of the slur in EEC may be simply an inaccuracy.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 138-139

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

..

EEW1 and GE1no2 overlooked the  hairpin. It is probably an oversight (in the case of EEW1 almost certainly – the signs were overlooked also in bars 140-141 and 142-144). The signs were added in EEW2 and GE2no2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 140-141

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

 in A (probable interpretation→FE→EEC) & GE2no2

 in A, possible interpretation

No sign in GE1op, GE1no2 & EEW1

 in GE2op (→GE3op) & EEW2
..

The interpretation of the range of  in A – see bar 13. The solution adopted by us finds confirmation in the notation of FE (→EEC), being probably a result of a proofreading, a Chopin one. It is indicated by the absence of the hairpin both in GE1op and GE1no2, which makes us assume that it was originally absent in FE too. In turn, the missing sign in EEW1 is certainly an oversight – the hairpin was overlooked also in adjacent bars 138-139 and 142-144.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 144-145

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

Slur from 5th quaver in A (→FE→EE,GE1op,GE1no2)

Slur from 6th quaver in GE2op (→GE3op) & GE2no2
..

Shifting the beginning of the slur to the last quaver in bar 144 is a revision of later GE, most probably in analogy to bars 16-17, in which the editions misinterpreted the notation of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 148

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

Pedalling in A (→FE→EE,GE1op,GE1no2→GE2no2)

No pedalling in GE2op (→GE3op)
..

The lack of pedalling in GE2op (→GE3op) is probably a result of a revision unifying bars 132 and 148.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions