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Op. 27 No 1, Nocturne in C# minor

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b. 92

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

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GE (→FE) has an unnecessary before d in the 2nd sextuplet. This may be the result of literal reading of the abbreviation with which Chopin marked the repeat of the first sextuplet in [A]. That superfluous accidental was removed in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 93

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

Accents > in GE (→FE)

Accents ^ in EE
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In EE, the shape of the last four accents in bar 93 was arbitrarily changed. We adopt the notation of GE (→FE). Cf. bar 69.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 93

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

Chopin’s fingering in FES

No teaching fingering provided
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 94

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

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The note f1 in FE has only the head and its stem is missing.  

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 94

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

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We add a cautionary before d in bar 94.

category imprint: Editorial revisions