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Op. 27 No 1, Nocturne in C# minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 61-66

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

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In GE the slur at the end of bar 65 points clearly to a continuation but there is not any in bar 66, first in a new system. A similar inaccuracy also occurs in an analogous situation in bars 73-74. Doubts about the compass of the slur are dispelled, in the editors' opinion, by the script in bars 69-70, where the slur reaches univocally the minim in bar 70.

FE repeats literally the unclear GE notation. The slur in EE ends in bar 66.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 73-74

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

Inaccurate notation of GE

GE slur, contextual interpretation

Slur in FE (→EE)
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In GE, the slur ending in bar 73 points clearly to a continuation but there is not any in bar 74, first in a new system (cf. bars 65-66). This very inaccuracy was most probably a reason for shortening the slur in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 75

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

in GE

in FE (→EE)

with suggested by the editors
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The sign which occurs in GE was replaced by a in FE (→EE). This is probably a result of Chopin's proofreading, although both markings mean practically the same in that context. Chopin could have added in order to restore an ornament overlooked by the engraver.

In the main text we suggest supplementing relating to the upper note of the ornament. An unmarked use of a1 between a minim a1 in bar 74 and a quaver a1 in bar 75 seems unlikely.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 87-88

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

Tie and slur in GE, contextual interpretation

FE (→EE1→EE2), contextual interpretation

EE3, contextual interpretation
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GE lacks the ending of the tie sustaining f sharp2 into bar 88 that opens a new line of text in the sources. In FE (→EE1→EE2) the tie from bar  87 was "finished" by beginning the phrasing slur in bar 88 clearly before the 1st note. That version is definitely erroneous (see bars 20-21). In EE3, the ending of the tie sustaining f sharp2was added in bar 88 to the inaccurately started slur, which brought the notation closer to the correct text. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 89

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

A short accent in GE (→FE→EE)

Our suggestion—a long accent
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We suggest a long accent probably used by Chopin in [A].

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE