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Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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p. 1, b. 1-32
p. 1, b. 1-32
p. 2, b. 33-64
p. 3, b. 65-96
p. 4, b. 97-128
p. 5, b. 129-160
p. 6, b. 161-192
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As - Autograph sketch
AI - Autograph Rothschild
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German Edition
GE1op - First German edition of Op. 64
GE1no2 - First German edition of Waltz No 2
GE2op - Second German edition of Op. 64
GE2no2 - Second German edition of Waltz No 2
GE3op - Corrected impression of GE2op
EE - English Edition
EEC - Earliest English edition
EEW1 - First English edition
EEW2 - Revised impression of EEW1
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As - Autograph sketch
AI - Autograph Rothschild
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German Edition
GE1op - First German edition of Op. 64
GE1no2 - First German edition of Waltz No 2
GE2op - Second German edition of Op. 64
GE2no2 - Second German edition of Waltz No 2
GE3op - Corrected impression of GE2op
EE - English Edition
EEC - Earliest English edition
EEW1 - First English edition
EEW2 - Revised impression of EEW1
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  b. 10-11

No slur in As, AI & FE (→EE,GE1op,GE1no2)

Slur from 2nd quaver in A

Slur from 1st quaver in GE2op (→GE3op) & GE2no2

The absence of slurs both in AI and in FE (→EE,GE1op,GE1no2) certainly does not express Chopin's intentions – in the manuscript the slurs were overlooked until bar 16, whereas FE lacks in them also in bar 12. In FE it is bars 138-139 that prove the accidental oversight, in which a slur compatible with A was most probably added by Chopin in the last stage of proofreading. The phrasing mark is also absent in As, in which, however, Chopin wrote two motivic slurs.
The slurs added in later GE, embracing two entire bars, are a result of revision and they were probably modelled on the authentic slurs in bars 26-29. See also the note on slurs in bars 12-13. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE, GE revisions

notation: Slurs

Missing markers on sources: A, As, AI, FE1, FED, FES, GE1op, GE2op, GE1no2, EEC, EEW1, EEW2, GE2no2, GE3op
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