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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 91

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

Slur from bar 93 in As

Slurs in AI, literal reading

Slurs in AI, contextual interpretation

Continuous slur in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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The slur of As, written over the 3rd version of these bars and probably applying also to the 4th version, is most probably only an origin of a slur leading to bar 97.
As far as the notation of AI is concerned, it is difficult to regard the absence of slurs in bar 91 as Chopin's intention, in particular considering the fact that the ending of the slur in bar 90, the last one in the line of the text, clearly suggests its continuation. According to us, Chopin most probably wanted to repeat the slurring of analogous bar 75. In the main text, we adopt the continuous slur of A and the editions.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 161-162

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

Slur in A, literal reading

Contextual interpretation of slurs in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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The two-bar slur, written in A in bar 161 (written out) and 162 (empty), is most probably only a signal that in the marked bars 162-191 one has to include the slurring written in the first appearance of this section. Therefore, we limit its range to bar 161 and in bar 162 we repeat the slur from bar 34. This is how the Chopin notation was reproduced in the editions.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A