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b. 162

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

g-e1 in A, GE2op (→GE3op) & GE2no2

g-c1-e1 in FE (→EE,GE1op,GE1no2)
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The chords on the 2nd and 3rd beats of the bar in FE (→EE,GE1op,GE1no2) is most probably a mistake – see bar 34. The introduction of sixths in later GE is certainly a revision unifying bars 34, 98 and 162, in this case, according to us, giving the correct result.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 168-184

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

No accidental in A (→FE→EEC) – f2

 in bar 40 in AI – f2

 in GE & EEW1 (→EEW2) – f2
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Due to the doubts concerning the sound of the last quaver in bars 168 and 184 – it is not entirely certain whether and which of the versions was considered by Chopin to be the final one – we give all possibilities appearing in the sources, in spite of the fact that the version with f2 is present explicitly only in AI, in which after bar 128 there is no return to the first section of the Waltz anymore.

In the main text we adopt an interpretation of A compatible with the valid norm, specifying it with a cautionary . 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 170

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

g-c1-e1 in A (→FE→EE,GE1no2,GE1op→GE2op→GE3op)

g-e1 in GE2no2
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Same as in bar 42, the triad version of the majority of the sources, reproducing – perhaps inaccurately – the difficult to decipher notation of A, is, according to us, most probably erroneous.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 173-189

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

a-d1 twice in A & GE

a-d1-a1 only in bar 173 in FE (→EEC)

a-d1-a1 twice in EEW1 (→EEW2)
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Same as in four previous analogous places, in bar 173 Chopin added an a1 note in the last proofreading of FE (→EE). We consider the absence of a respective addition in bar 189 to be an oversight (of the composer or the engraver), although a possibility of intentionally leaving the last repetition of this phrase in a slightly different form cannot be, obviously, excluded. It was considered to be a mistake already by the reviser of EEW1 (→EEW2). 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Omitted correction of an analogous place