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b. 1

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

A staccato dot in A

No dot in GE (→FE→EE)

The editors' variant proposal
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The absence of the dot is probably due to oversight on the part of the engraver of GE. Still, as we cannot rule out the possibility that the correction was made by Chopin, we give the dot in parentheses as optional.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 1

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

The version of A (→GE→FE→EE)

The version of FEFr corrected by the editors
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Franchomme described the variant of the Nocturne opening recorded in FEFr as „the change made by the author”. We correct the obviously erroneous a flat on the last semiquaver of each group to f.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 1

composition: Op. 27 No 1, Nocturne in C# minor

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and legato, although following one another apply undoubtedly from the first note. Such a placement also suggests their joint usage, what most probably means that legato should be understood here as an articulation and a 'harmonic legato'.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

b. 1

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

 
 
 
 
 
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In the sources, one can encounter a few variants of the Waltz's beginning:
- without upbeat in AR (it may be the earliest autograph) - in this manuscript, there is also an f1 (most likely) grace note written in pencil, which should be performed only in the repetition of the first section of the Waltz, i.e. after the 1st volta (like in AO)
- with upbeat in the remaining sources: with a tied c2 in AO, AK, AG (→CY), FEF and GEF; with a repeated c2 in PE and AE (→CX); with a repeated c2 and with an f1 grace note in AE (the grace note written in pencil) and CC. In CC, the L.H. is not written in the upbeat.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

b. 1

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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CC features a minim (without dot). In another commenced copy of the waltz, on the rear 2nd page of CC, there is also a minim. Therefore, the absence of dot in this source does not seem to result from an oversight of the copyist of CC, but from the fact of copying from a source in which the dot had been overlooked (another autograph or copy of autograph). The minim in the remaining sources is provided with a dot.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information