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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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b. 69

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

Slur in A (→FE→EE,GE1op→GE2op→GE3op,GE1no2)

No slur in GE2no2
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In GE2no2, the slur over the part of the L.H. was omitted; it could have been considered superfluous after the g1 note had been moved to the lower staff (in A and in the remaining editions, it is on the upper staff).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 69-70

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

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Slur in AI starts with minim g1 in bar 69. In the version prepared for print, Chopin changed phrasing assigning the note in bar 69 to the previous phrase, and beginning a new slur from g2 in bar 70. See the note below.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 71-72

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

No ties in As, AI & GE1op (→GE2op→GE3op)

c1 tied in A (→FE→GE1no2,EE)

c1-g1 tied in FES & GE2no2
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The sources give no clear idea as regards sustaining or repeating the fifth c1-g1 in the L.H. In As and AI, both here and in the analogous bars 87-88 it is repeated at the beginning of the second bar. In A (→FE→GE1no2,EE) only a tie sustaining c1 is written what seems to be an oversight – in FES Chopin pencilled a tie to g1 as well. In GE1op (→GE2op→GE3op) both ties were omitted, maybe after the analogous bars 87-88. GE2no2 includes the version adopted in our main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Annotations in FES

b. 72-89

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

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In bars 72-73, in the majority of the editions, the slur, encompassing the e-e-f progression in bass in A, erroneously combines the c1 minim with f in the next bar. In GE2no2, the slur was completely omitted; it is also absent in As and AI. Similarly, in bars 88-89. See the note on ties.

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b. 72-74

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

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The little tie combining the grace note with the minim is one of a few slurs written in As. in AI, the slur ends with the last quaver in bar 72, whereas the next one starts from the grace note in bar 73. The phrasing of the version intended for print corresponds to the natural divisions of phrases, marked by rests. Since the slurrings of AI and A are clearly related to the rhythmic structure of phrases, respective variants are in the next note on rhythm.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations