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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Issues : Annotations in FES

b. 26-30

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

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we give Chopin fingering, written in FES in bars 154-158 (cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 17).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

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. 77-78

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

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 92-93

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

Slurs written in FES

No slurs in remaining sources

Our variant suggestion
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Two slurs, written in pencil, probably by Chopin, indicate natural positions of the hand. The slurs only make sense with the final version of the L.H. part – see neighbouring note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 154-158

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

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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The five-time use of the 1st finger, marked in FES certainly on the basis of Chopin's hint, is included by us in the main text in bars 26-30 (cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 17).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES