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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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Issues : Deletions in A

b. 67

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

e2-d2 w As (1. version) & A (→FE→GE,EE)

e2-d2-c2 in As (2nd version→AI)
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The version of AI is naturally earlier than the published version; however, the notation of As, in which both versions most probably overlap, suggests that it is the version of A that was created first. It results from the space between the notes – e2 and d2 fill the bar to the same extent as f2 and e2 in the previous bar. Then, willing to introduce a progression of three crotchets, Chopin simply added a c2. The corrections visible in the next two bars reveal also other changes in the second half of this phrase; therefore, it is likely that the continuation of the two-note version of this bar in As was different than in the final version (cf. the reconstruction of the earliest version of the melody in the note to bar 69). A correction in this place is visible also in A – the interpretation of the crossed-out text is actually impossible, but the range of the crossing-out suggests that two crotchets were removed, hence most probably the version of AI.  

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Deletions in A , Main-line changes