Issues : Errors of A

b. 64

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

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In A Chopin introduced here only a four-flat key signature. He rectified his mistake in the last proofreading of FE (→EE); however, the misleading notation remained without correction in GE. Interestingly enough, AI includes the correct notation,  whereas in As, in spite of the fact that the change of key before the D major section is not marked at all, the absence of flats before most of the g notes and the presence of naturals before g suggests a five-flat key signature.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE , Last key signature sign

b. 65-96

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

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In A (→GE), the entire section is written in a four-flat key signature. In the proofreading of FE (→EE), Chopin changed the notation to the one compliant with D major, prevailing in this section. AI also includes the correct notation with five flats. The notation of As, in which there is no key signature for this section, does not allow us to clearly answer the question whether Chopin considered flats before g notes to be necessary or not – he wrote them in bars 68-70 and 79-80 and omitted in bars 71-76. Considerable evidence of uncertainty surrounding the number of signs in the key signature can be found in the notation of, e.g. the Mazurkas in G minor, op. 33 no. 1 or in C minor, op. 63 no. 3, and less tangible – also in many other situations in various compositions.

Since the difference does not have any impact on the sound of music, and the notation with five flats, more convenient for the reader, was eventually introduced by Chopin, we adopt it as the only one and we do not record differences in notation resulting from the distinct number of flats in the key signature. The original notation of A and GE is conveyed by their versions "transcription".  

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE , Last key signature sign

b. 88-89

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

No pedalling in A (contextual interpretation→FEEE,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

b. 97

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

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In AI, Chopin wrote five sharps in the key signature while marking the return to the C minor key. He would commit such mistakes on several occasions, even in published pieces (versions) – cf. bars 65-96.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A , Last key signature sign

b. 129-160

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

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In As and AI the presence of these bars does not result from the notation – the Waltz ends in bar 128. In A bars 129-152 are not written out with notes, but only marked in an abbreviated manner (with subsequent letters) as a repetition of bars 1-24. At the same time, Chopin overlooked the 'N' letter, corresponding to bar 13 (141); this patent mistake either did not confuse the engraver of FE (→GE,EE) or it was cleverly corrected.  

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors of A