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CHOPIN,
Frédéric,
1810-1849
Waltz, op.64
no.2 in C-sharp Minor. Facsimile
Edition of the Manuscript Held in the
Bibliothèque Nationale de France in
Paris
[Waltz, op.64, no.2]
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Works
by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, A X/64/2.
Warsaw, 2015. Oblong, 28 x 22 cm, 2
vols, 2, 47 pp. Full-color halftone of
the autograph presentation copy signed
“a Madame La Baronne Nathaniel de
Rothschild”. It is precisely because
Chopin made presentation mss of this
type that the source studies for some
of the waltzes are so complex.
Complete autographs include this one
and another in Basel in private hands.
The Basel version, twice corrected by
Chopin, served as the Stichvorlage for
the first French edition by Brandus
published in 1847. It differs in
several very significant respects from
the autograph presented here, and
clearly represents a revision and
refinement of the work. This gives
special interest to the present
manuscript which includes no upbeat,
has a smoother less-urgent melodic
line in the central section, and a
recapitulation that consists only of a
figuration fragment of the first
section; furthermore this version has
no tempo or pedaling indications.
Commentary (Pol-Eng-Ger-Sp-Fr-Jp) by
Jim Samson. Bound in blue linen, with
matching slipcase. $63 (view other
volumes from this series)
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