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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Issues : FE revisions

b. 75-76

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

No  in A

 in FE (→EE,GE1no2,GE1op→GE2op→GE3op)

Two pedals in GE2no2

[] suggested by the editors
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The absence of the  asterisk after  at the beginning of bar 75 in A is probably a result of corrections of the part of the L.H. in both discussed bars – cf. bars 75-76. It is highly likely that the  sign in A was written at the end of bar 75, whereas the bass note at the beginning of bar 76 was a g. Return to g and other changes made Chopin delete this sign, however, no other was introduced instead. In FE (→GE,EE) the sign was reinstated in the place where Chopin deleted it, which suggests that it was a routine revision activity. The need for a longer sustention of pedal is supported by, according to us, the change introduced in the proofreading of FE, as a result of which the repetition of the bass note in bar 76 was eliminated. In this case, in the main text we do not include the  sign in FE, concerning another version, but we suggest holding the pedal until the end of bar 76.
The new pedal in bar 76 is an arbitrary addition of the reviser of #GE3no2. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: FE revisions

b. 88-89

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

No pedalling in A (contextual interpretation→FE→EE,GE1no2,GE,op)

Pedalling in bar 89 in GE2no2

Pedalling suggested by the editors
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The only pedalling indication in these bars in A is the  sign at the end of bar 89. A second could have been a  sign, probably deleted at the beginning of bar 88. It is not easy to indicate how it occurred that this incomplete notation was left. Considering that none of three actions – introducing signs in bars 88 and 89 and deleting the sign in bar 88 – was performed by mistake, one can conclude that Chopin wanted to resign from the pedalling in bar 88 in favour of the pedal in bar 89. The version was introduced – certainly not by analysing A – in GE2no2. It can be considered an alternative with respect to the version of the main text, suggested by us, including both the pedal in bar 88 on the basis of analogy with bar 72 and the one in bar 89.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , FE revisions