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Op. 27 No 1, Nocturne in C# minor

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Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 28

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

No teaching annotations

Signs pencilled in FEJ

Annotations in FES, literal reading

Annotations in FES, interpretation attempt

Practical suggestion with account taken of Chopin's entries
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Differences in fingering , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ

b. 46

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

Chopin’s fingering in FED

No teaching fingering provided
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 47

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

Chopin’s fingering in FED

No teaching fingering provided
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 83

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

First octave without accidentals in GE (→FE→EE)
Sharps pencilled into FED.
 
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Chopin certainly regarded the pitch of the recitative's first octave as determined by before the minim b at the beginning of the bar. However, the rules of notation require accidentals before the octave as well, at least before its lower note. The inaccuracy was corrected by Chopin in FED.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Accidentals in different octaves

b. 83

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

No accents in GE (→FE→EE)

Accents added in FED

Our variant suggestion
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED