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b. 4-20

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

Slur in bar 20 in A (→FEEE,GE1op,GE1no2)

Slur in bar 4 & 20 in GE2op (→GE3op) & GE2no2

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The slur, added in later GE in bar 4 certainly after an authentic slur in analogous bar 20, can be considered to be a justified addition to the version of A and the remaining editions. In the main text, however, we preserve the differentiation between bars 4 and 20 in this detail, as it may suggest a subtle performance nuance. (In As and AI, in which the 2nd and 3rd crotchets are identical, the slurs are absent both in bars 4 and 20.) 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 5-6

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

 in A & GE3op

No sign in FE (→EEC,EEW1,GE1no2,GE1opGE2op)

Shorter  in GE2no2 & EEW2

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The absence of the  hairpin is certainly an oversight of the engraver of FE. The sign was added in GE3op and – in a shortened form – in GE2no2 and EEW2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 5-22

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

Slur over pair of sixths in AI & A

Two slurs in FE (→EE)

Slur e1-d1 in GE1no2 & GE1op (→GE2opGE3op)

Slur c2-b1 in GE2no2

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Both slurs over the pair of minims in bars 5-6 and 21-22 in A are clearly longer than in bars 1-2 and 17-18. Similarly in AI (only in bars 5-6, since Chopin overlooked the slur for the second time), hence these are the slurs we give in the main text. Double slurs in FE are probably a result of Chopin's proofreading – initially, the engraver of FE combined with a slur only the bottom notes of the sixths, which led the composer to add upper slurs (the original state was preserved in the majority of GE). According to us, the correction is occasional and it rather confirms the importance of a slur over the notes than proves a change of the slurring concept. Similarly in bars 133-134 and 149-150.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Placement of markings , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 7-23

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

Sixth B-g in As

Third e-g in AI & A (→FEGE,EE)

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The deletion visible in As suggests that the B-g sixth may be a remaining element of the original version, in which a sixth was present also on the 2nd crotchet. The same applies to bar 23, which is not written out in As. The version with sixth appears also in AI in bar 23 (deleted).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections of AI

b. 8-25

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

One-bar slurs in AI, A & GE2op (→GE3op)

Two-bar slurs in FE (→EE,GE1op,GE1no2GE2no2)

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It is not easy to evaluate how the difference between the slurring of sources in bars 8-9 (and similarly in bars 24-25) occurred. A includes two slurs in both places, although for the first time, when bar 8 appears at the end of the text's line, one could consider the slur in bar 9 to be a continuation of the previous. One-bar slurs are also in AI (except for bar 9, devoid of a slur). In this situation, one has to assume that the slurs of FE (→EE,GE1op,GE1no2→#GE2op2), combined in both places, could have been a result of Chopin's intervention. However, without being sure in this respect, in the main text we give the slurring of A, confirmed by AI. The version of FE, with a phrasing combining structural divisions (cf., e.g., the Waltz in A No. 3, bars 40-41), characteristic for Chopin, particularly in later pieces, can be considered to be (perhaps) an authentic variant.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE