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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Issues : Uncertain notes on ledger lines

b. 34

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

g-c1-e1 in As & AI

g-e1 in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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On the 2nd and 3rd beats of the bar the triads of the previous autographs – As and AI – were most probably replaced in A (→FE→GE,EE) with sixths (most probably, as the interpretation of A on the available photographs is uncertain). The correctness of the version with sixths is confirmed by the version of the editions in bar 98, marked in A in an abbreviated manner as repetition of bar 34. Admittedly, in bar 162, which is also not written out in A, FE and the majority of the remaining editions include chords, however, it is most probably a mistake.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Uncertain notes on ledger lines

b. 42

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

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

g-e1 in AI & GE2no2
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On the photographs of A available to us, it is impossible to state whether on the 2nd and 3rd beats of the bar there are c1 notes or not. We assume, in accordance with the editions, that the notes are visible in this place, however, on the basis of analysis of all twelve analogous bars, we consider the version with triads to be most probably erroneous. The following scenarios are possible: 

  • accidental merging of note stems with ledger lines, looking like notes;
  • Chopin's erroneous introduction of the original version from the draft;
  • omission of the correction of the original version in A (in analogous bar 58 one can see deletions-corrections of respective crotchets in A) and FE.

Similarly in bars 106 and 170.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Uncertain notes on ledger lines

b. 48

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

Triad in As

Sixth in AI & A (→FE→GE,EE)
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The sound of the 2nd crotchet in As is not certain. We assume that it is a g-c1-e1 chord. Similarly in all repetitions of this place, which in As (and in AI) are not written out with notes (bars 64, 112 and 128).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Uncertain notes on ledger lines