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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 29

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

 before 3rd beat in A

 after 3rd beat in FE (→GE1no2) & GE2op (→GE3op)

 on 3rd beat in GE1op, EE & GE2no2
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In FE and in a part of the remaining editions, the  sign was placed same as in the remaining bars, after the 3rd crotchet. The fact of moving the sign under the crotchet may be considered to be a revision or inaccuracy of GE1op, EE and GE2no2. Similarly in bar 31.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 31

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

 before 3rd beat in A

 after 3rd beat in FE (→EEC,GE1no2,GE1op→GE2op→GE3op)

 on 3rd beat in EEW1 (→EEW2) & GE2no2
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Same as in bar 29, the  sign, misplaced in FE under the last quaver, was moved in EEW1 (→EEW2) and GE2no2 under the 3rd beat of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 38

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

Shorter  in A

Longer  in FE (→GE,EE)
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The  sign in this bar in A is shorter than in the previous ones, which may be perhaps related simply to a different graphic layout (the quaver beam pointed upwards). In spite of that, in FE (→GE,EE) it was reproduced as a whole-bar sign, which almost certainly is a result of the engraver's distraction.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 39-40

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

 in A

 in FE

 in GE

 in EEC

 in EEW1 (→EEW2)
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In the main text we give the  sign written in A. It was reproduced inaccurately already in FE, by moving it one quaver earlier. Minor changes in the range were introduced also in GE and EEW, while in EEC the hairpin was extended on two entire bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies

b. 39

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

Slur from 1st quaver in A, GE & EE

Slur from 2nd quaver in FE
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It is not clear how the shift of the beginning of the slur in FE occurred – one may assume Chopin's proofreading, yet an erroneous interpretation of A by the engraver seems to be much more likely, perhaps provoked by the shape of the left ending of the handwritten slur. Starting the slur from the beginning of the bar is supported by the slur beginning in analogous bar 55. A comparison with this bar could have contributed to leaving out the version of FE by GE and EE based on it. Similarly in bars 103 and 167.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of FE