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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

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. 27-28

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

c2 repeated in As & A (→FE→EE,GE1no2,GE1op→GE2op→GE3op)

c2 tied in AI, FED & GE2no2
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The sources illustrate here Chopin's hesitation – c2 is repeated in As and A (→FE→EE,GE; except for GE2no2), yet it is sustained in AI and FED. In the main text, we give the version of the base source, i.e. A, particularly considering the fact that in the autograph Chopin most probably deleted the tie sustaining this note. Cf. also bars 29-30.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Corrections in A , Chopin's hesitations

b. 29-30

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

b1 repeated in As, AI & A (→FE→GE,EE)

b1 tied in FED
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The tie sustaining b1 is absent in all base sources of the Waltz, hence we do not include it in the main text. However, the version of FED is most probably an authentic variant – ties are added there also in bars 27-28 and 155-156 and 157-158.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 40

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

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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The fingering in FED could have been written by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 66-71

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

Repeated notes in As, AI & A (→FE→EE)

Tied notes in GE & FED
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Both source versions of the melody at the transition between bars 66 and 67 and 70 and 71 are almost certainly authentic. In the main text, we give an unequivocally authentic version with repeated e2 and f2 notes written in the base source, A (→FE→EE). The version with sustained notes – FED and GE – can be considered an equal variant.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE