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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 71-72

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

No ties in As, AI & GE1op (→GE2op→GE3op)

c1 tied in A (→FE→GE1no2,EE)

c1-g1 tied in FES & GE2no2
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The sources give no clear idea as regards sustaining or repeating the fifth c1-g1 in the L.H. In As and AI, both here and in the analogous bars 87-88 it is repeated at the beginning of the second bar. In A (→FE→GE1no2,EE) only a tie sustaining c1 is written what seems to be an oversight – in FES Chopin pencilled a tie to g1 as well. In GE1op (→GE2op→GE3op) both ties were omitted, maybe after the analogous bars 87-88. GE2no2 includes the version adopted in our main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Annotations in FES

b. 76-77

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

d3 repeated in As, AI & A (→FE→EE)

d3 tied in GE & FED
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Same as in bars 66-67 and 70-71, both source versions of the melody at the transition between the bars are almost certainly authentic. In the main text, we give a version with a repeated d3, written in the basic source, A (→FE→EE). Similarly in bars 92-93.
GE1no2 erroneously puts the tie between the two notes in bar 76 (a "mirror" mistake).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Sign reversal , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 77-78

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

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 92-93

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

d3 repeated in As, AI & A (→FE→EE)

d3 tied in GE & FED
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Both source versions of the melody at the transition between the bars are almost certainly authentic. In the main text, we give the version with the repetition of the d3, written in the base source, A (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 92-93

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

Slurs written in FES

No slurs in remaining sources

Our variant suggestion
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Two slurs, written in pencil, probably by Chopin, indicate natural positions of the hand. The slurs only make sense with the final version of the L.H. part – see neighbouring note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES