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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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b. 167

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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The version of FE is probably inaccurate – see bar 39.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 167-168

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

 in A & GE1no2

Longer  in FE (→EE,GE1op→GE2op→GE3op) & GE2no2
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In the main text we give the  hairpin on the basis of A. In FE and in the remaining editions – notwithstanding minor differences between them –  started one quaver earlier (only in GE1no2 the sign, probably as a result of an accidental shortening, has a range compatible with A).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 168-184

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

No accidental in A (→FE→EEC) – f2

 in bar 40 in AI – f2

 in GE & EEW1 (→EEW2) – f2
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Due to the doubts concerning the sound of the last quaver in bars 168 and 184 – it is not entirely certain whether and which of the versions was considered by Chopin to be the final one – we give all possibilities appearing in the sources, in spite of the fact that the version with f2 is present explicitly only in AI, in which after bar 128 there is no return to the first section of the Waltz anymore.

In the main text we adopt an interpretation of A compatible with the valid norm, specifying it with a cautionary . 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 168

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

Pedalling in A, EEC, EEW2, GE2op (→GE3op) & #GE3no2

No markings in FE (→GE1op,GE1no2,EEW1)
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The absence of pedalling in this bar is undoubtedly a mistake of the engraver of FE (→GE1op,GE1no2,EEW1). At the last appearance of this section, more mistakes in reproduction of the pedalling were committed in FE, which may be related to the necessity of working on two pages of the manuscript at the same time (cf. bars 173-174 and 188).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 170

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

g-c1-e1 in A (→FE→EE,GE1no2,GE1op→GE2op→GE3op)

g-e1 in GE2no2
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Same as in bar 42, the triad version of the majority of the sources, reproducing – perhaps inaccurately – the difficult to decipher notation of A, is, according to us, most probably erroneous.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions