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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 72

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

Pedalling in A (→FE→EE)

No pedalling in GE
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The absence of pedalling in GE is undoubtedly a mistake, however, it could have been committed still in FE, in which the indications were then added in the last phase of proofreadings.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 75-76

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

g & g in As, A & GE

g & g in AI

g & chord in FE (→EE)
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Three versions of the accompaniment prove that Chopin would be looking for the best harmonic and rhythmic formula for these bars. The process lasted until the last moment, since the version adopted in the main text, with a sustained chord, was introduced by the composer only in the final stage of proofreading of FE (→EE). He also hesitated – in A one can see deletions proving several corrections whose final result was a version identical with the original one, written in As, whereas AI has a different text too.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Authentic corrections of FE

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. 109-125

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

a-d1 on 2nd beat in As, contextual interpretation

a-d1 on 3rd beat in A & GE

a-d1-a1 in FE (→EE)
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In bars 109 and 125, in the main text we give the latest Chopin version of the part of the L.H., introduced in the last proofreading of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 133-150

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

Slur over pair of sixths in A

Two slurs in FE (→EE)

Slur e1-d1 in GE1no2 & GE1op (→GE2op→GE3op)

Slur c2-b1 in GE2no2
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Over the pair of minims in bars 133-134 and 149-150 in the main text we give the slurs written in A. We consider a possible proofreading of Chopin in FE (→EE) to be only an ad hoc intervention, correcting the misleading reproduction of these slurs (preserved in the majority of GE). 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE