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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 131

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

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FE (→EE) overlooked the  sign in this bar and GE1op also the preceding it  sign. These are certainly mistakes – cf. corresponding bar 3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 138-139

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

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EEW1 and GE1no2 overlooked the  hairpin. It is probably an oversight (in the case of EEW1 almost certainly – the signs were overlooked also in bars 140-141 and 142-144). The signs were added in EEW2 and GE2no2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 142-143

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

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GE1no2 overlooked the  sign in bar 142 and both signs in bar 143. It is almost certainly a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 189-192

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

Longer  in A

Shorter  in FE (→EE)

No sign in GE
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The absence of the sign in GE most probably means that it was originally absent also in FE, in which it was however added – perhaps by Chopin – in the last stage of proofreadings of FE. In the main text we give the sign written in A in these bars, slightly longer than in the previous appearances of this phrase.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 192

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

 before rest in A

 under rest in FE (→EE)

 after rest in GE1op (→GE2op→GE3op) & GE2no2)

No pedalling in GE1no2
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We give the moment of the pedal's release in the main text after A. Minor shifts of  in the editions, particularly in GE, may suggest, taking into account the context, i.e. the end of the piece, a longer dying out of the sound, probably contrary to the intention of Chopin. The absence of indications in GE1no2 is undoubtedly an oversight. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions