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b. 7

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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Before the 6th quaver one can see a crossed out flat in A. Allegedly, at first Chopin wanted to write g2.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations

issues: Deletions in A , Enharmonic corrections

b. 7

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

No in A (→GE→FE)

Hairpins added in EE

The editors' suggestion
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Supplementing of the authentic text with  , in line with the analogous bar 31, seems to improve the legibility of the natural dynamic shaping of that phrase. A similar addition was already made in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

in A

GE

FE (→EE)

The editors' suggestion
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The sign from A was inaccurately reproduced in GE as clearly shorter on its right side. In FE (→EE) the hairpins were moved, which was most probably connected with the changes of the melody contour introduced by Chopin. In our proposal we combine the two approaches, giving the left-hand side of the hairpins after  FE as better matching the changed melody line with the right-hand side of the hairpins after A  reaching suggestively the culminating point.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 7

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

A turn with a raised lower note in A

An ordinary turn in GE

The version of FE (→EE) corrected by Chopin
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Correcting FE, Chopin somewhat changed the contour of the melody in that bar. The earlier sources—A (→GE)—have a repeated e flat2 at the beginning of the second half of the bar and a turn between that quaver and the next one. In the later sources, FE (→EE), the note e flat2 is tied and the turn is removed.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Turn

b. 7

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

 
 
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PE, as the only source, has a different grouping of quavers in the R.H. - it is not confirmed by the preserved autographs.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions