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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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b. 91-92

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

d3 repeated in As, AI & A (→FE→EEC,EEW1)

d3 tied in GE & EEW2
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE

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. 91

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

g1 in As & A (→FE→GE,EE)

b1 in AI
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In all autographs, the bar is identical to analogous bar 75. A minor difference in the sound of the chord on the 2nd beat of the bar may prove Chopin's hesitation (cf. the note on bar 83).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations

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. 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