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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Issues : Accompaniment changes

b. 40-56

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

Chords in As & AI

Sixths in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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In bar 40, lighter in sound and more convenient in terms of piano interpretation sixths of A (→FE→GE,EE) must be considered an improvement of the accompaniment. Similarly in bar 56, as well as 104 and 120, which are not written out in As and AI.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 44-60

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

a-c1 in As

e-c1 & rest in AI

e-c1 in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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The version of As in bar 44 (and bar 60, which is its repetition) is hypothetical to a certain extent – we assume that the inkblot at the pitch of e is a blurred deletion of this note. In AI Chopin introduced a rhythmic innovation – a rest on the 3rd beat of the bar, however, eventually, he used both variants of the rhythm as an element differentiating bars 33-48 and 49-64: three crotchets in bar 44 and two in bar 60. Cf. bar 49 and 53.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 50-58

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

Triads in As

Triads & sixths in AI

Sixths in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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In the autographs the 2nd and 3rd crotchets in the L.H. underwent in bars 50 and 58 a clear evolution – the uniform version of As (with g-c1-e1 triads) was replaced in AI with a differentiated version (g-e1 sixths in bar 50 and triads in bar 58). In A and in the editions Chopin left here only sixths. Similarly in bars 114 and 122.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 66-67

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

Chords in As

Chords & fifths in AI

a on 3rd beat in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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In the previous manuscripts, the a note appears already on the second beat of the bar (like the b note 4 bars later). The notation of As suggests that the original idea was even more regular – chords changed every bar: .

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 68-69

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

No ties nor slur in As & AI

Ties & slur in A

Mistaken ties in FE

No b & mistaken slur in GE1op

Ties in GE1no2 (→GE2no2) & EEC

Mistaken slurs in EEW1 (→EEW2)

No b in GE2op (→GE3op)
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In bar 68 and at the beginning of bar 69 all the autographs concord as to which L.H. notes should be struck. However, only in A Chopin notated the tied notes and a slur over the bass progression. FE notated erroneously a tie and a slur starting in bar 68 which ends the line in this edition. These errors resulted in no edition presenting the correct notation. Moreover, GE1op (→GE2op→GE3op) omitted the note b  at the beginning of bar 69.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Accompaniment changes