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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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b. 92

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

No indication in A & GE

in FE (→EE)
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Chopin added the poco ritenuto indication in the last proofreading of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 113

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

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 is to be found in A (→FE→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 161

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

in A (→FE→EE)

No indication in GE

Our variant suggestion
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The più mosso indication written in A (→FE→EE) suggests that this time the figurative section is to be played faster than the last time (for the first time). This possibility cannot be excluded, yet it seems to be more natural that the section, repeated three times without any changes to the text, is to be played in a generally identical tempo. Since in A the second half of the Waltz (from bar 97) is written in an abbreviated manner, it cannot be excluded that Chopin mechanically repeated in bar 161 the indication from bar 97 (which was necessary there after più lento in bar 65). In this case, the absence of the indication in GE could have been a result of Chopin's proofreading. Therefore, in bar 161 we give più mosso in brackets. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A