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Op. 27 No 1, Nocturne in C# minor

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Main text
Main text
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German Edition
GE2 - Later impression of GE1
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French Edition
FED - Dubois's copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English Edition
EE2 - Second impression of EE1
EE3 - Later impression of EE2
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  b. 84

No sign in GE (-FE→EE)

A grace note added in FES

The grace note C1 giving a sonically consequent ending of the progression of octaves was added by Chopin in FES. We regard it as an authorial improvement, and accept it into the main text.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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

notation: Ornaments

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