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Issues : Annotations in FEFr

b. 28

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

The main version (A→GE→FE→EE)

A variant recorded in FEFr

A variant written into FED
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The additions in FED and FEFr may be regarded two versions of the same musical idea - syncopations in FEFr show the rubato performance of the quavers in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in FED , Annotations in FEFr , Authentic post-publication changes and variants

b. 30

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

The main version (A→GE→FE→EE)

A variant added in FEFr
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The variant given by Franchomme seems recom­mendable as a variation of the motif upon its repetition that is very characteristic for Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in FEFr , Authentic post-publication changes and variants

b. 37

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

A tie sustaining c sharp2 in A (→GE) and FEFr

No tie in FE (→EE)
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The tie sustaining c sharp2 was probably omitted in FE (→EE) by the engraver. It was added again in FEFr.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Annotations in FEFr

b. 45-46

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

Dynamic markings of A

GE

FE

EE

Deletions and additions in FED

Changes written into FEJ

Changes in FES

Changes in FEFr

Our suggestion based on FEJ & FED
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In particular sources, dynamic markings in those bars differ significantly. The version of A reproduced – despite various inaccuracies - in GE (→FE→EE) was later fundamentally changed, which can be seen in energetic deletions and additions in teaching copies and FEFr.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Inaccuracies in GE , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEFr , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Annotations in FEJ

b. 49-50

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

Dynamic markings in A (→GE→FE→EE)

 added in FED, FEJ, FES

 and  in FEFr

The editors' proposal
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We perceive the indication  in bar 50, added by Chopin in the three teaching copies and written into FEFr, to be part of a definitive change of the dynamic concept in several fragments of the Nocturne (cf. bars 25-26, 45-46, 52). The   noted by Franchomme in FEFr naturally supplements that change.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEFr , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Annotations in FEJ