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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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b. 72

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

As

AI

A (→FE→GE,EE)
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As has two versions in this place; we assume that the second one, written over the staff of the main course of music and identical to the final version of bar 88, is intended for this exact bar. The first version is also a result of corrections – cf. the note to bar 69.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Main-line changes

b. 73-74

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

Grace note & minim in As, contextual interpretation

Grace note & tied minim in AI

Crotchets in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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Three versions of the melody in this place illustrate well the general tendency of transformations the phrasing of this section of the Waltz underwent – see the note on bar 69.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Main-line changes

b. 77-80

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

As

AI

A (→FE→GE,EE)
..

The version of As undoubtedly gives way to both later ones, which, actually, differ only in two elements – the rhythm of the melody in bar 77 and the number of touches in the part of the L.H. in bar 79. The same as in bar 71, the change of rhythm in bar 77 could have been introduced in A as a correction of the earlier rhythm of the crotchets.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Main-line changes

b. 81

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

Minim in As, literal reading

Minim with grace note in AI

Crotchets, f2 tied in A, GE & EEW2

Crotchets, f2 repeated in FE (→EEC,EEW1)
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In As, in which the second half of this section (bars 81-96) is written only in the form of alternative versions of the first one (bars 65-80), the bar is to be interpreted as identical to bar 65 (except for the bass note at the beginning). However, it cannot be excluded that it is an inaccuracy of notation and that Chopin provided there for a version with an a1 grace note, like it is in AI.
The slurring is discussed in the adjacent note.

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

issues: Main-line changes

b. 82-83

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

e2 repeated in As & AI

e2 tied in A (→FE→GE,EE)
..

The tie of e2 appears only in the version prepared for print, probably in relation to rhythmic changes in the previous bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Main-line changes