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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Issues : Accompaniment changes

b. 81-82

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

Chords in As & AI

Sixths & d in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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In both earlier manuscripts, the accompaniment in these bars is a repetition of the version of bars 65-66. Eventually, Chopin replaced the chords with dyads and added a touch at the beginning of bar 82. The latter was probably aimed at avoiding the stoppage of an audible rhythmic pulsation in the face of the introduction of the syncopation in the melody.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 82-83

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

Chords in As

Chords & fifths in AI

a on 3rd beat in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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Just like in analogous bars 66-67, Chopin gradually reduced the number of played notes; he also moved the moment the a note appears by a crotchet.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 84-85

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

No tied notes b in As & AI

Tied notes b in A (→FE→EE) & GE2no2

Tied note b in GE1op (→GE2op→GE3op) & GE1no2
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As in bars 68-69 Chopin did not mark the sustention of the note b in the earlier autographs. The tie was also omitted in most GE (except GE2no2). If not an error by the engraver of GE1op & GE1no2, this could indicate that the tie was added in FE in the last stage of proofreading (despite its presence in A).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 84-85

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

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The slur over the three-note, chromatic progression of bass is only in the version prepared for print. In GE2no2, it was omitted, probably seeing in it a distorted tie of b.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Accompaniment changes

b. 86

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

As, suggested contextual interpretation

AI

A (→FE→GE,EE)
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As far as the accompaniment is concerned, the only difference between AI and the version prepared for print is b, tied from the previous bar. In turn, As, in which the bar is a repetition of bar 70, has most probably three chords in this place (the first tied from the previous bar) – see the note on bar 70.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes