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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 68-69

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

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Both the tie of b and the phrase mark over the three-note progression of bass in A were reproduced in FE with mistakes, significantly impeding guessing their correct meaning. As a result, the phrase mark was reproduced correctly only in GE2op (→GE3op). See the note on ties.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 70

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

Version in As, suggested contextual reconstruction

AI

A (→FE→EE,GE1op→GE2op→GE3op) & GE2no2

No tie to g1 in #GE1 no2
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The interpretation of the notation of the part of the L.H. in As is not obvious. According to us, Chopin, writing three crotchets in bar 70, wrote the only moving voice, hence we suggest a natural addition compliant with the previous bar and analogous to the triad version written out with notes in bar 66 as the version "editors". Subsequent changes consisted in reducing the number of notes (dyads in AI) and delaying the entrance of the b note in A and in the editions.
The missing tie of g1 in bars 69-70 must be a result of an oversight of the engraver of GE1no2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Accompaniment changes

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

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

Pedalling in A (→FE→EE)

No pedalling in GE
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The absence of pedalling in GE is undoubtedly a mistake, however, it could have been committed still in FE, in which the indications were then added in the last phase of proofreadings.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 76-77

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

d3 repeated in As, AI & A (→FE→EE)

d3 tied in GE & FED
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Same as in bars 66-67 and 70-71, both source versions of the melody at the transition between the bars are almost certainly authentic. In the main text, we give a version with a repeated d3, written in the basic source, A (→FE→EE). Similarly in bars 92-93.
GE1no2 erroneously puts the tie between the two notes in bar 76 (a "mirror" mistake).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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