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Op. 27 No 1, Nocturne in C# minor

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Issues : Annotations in FES

b. 13-14

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

No teaching fingering provided

Fingering in FEJ & FES

Fingering in FED

Both versions of teaching fingering
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The teaching copies contain two undoubtedly different fingerings for this fragment. One is taken from #WfJ and #WfS, the other is a combination of Chopin's annotations in #WfD in this bar and in bar 16 when this figuration is repeated. In the main text we juxtapose these partly alternative fingerings. Cf. fingering in Sonata in B minor Op. 35, 3rd mvt., bar 31.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 27

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

No teaching annotations

Signs pencilled in FES, literal reading

Annotations in FES (interpretation) and FEJ
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We present the teaching annotations in the form

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

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. 84

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

No sign in GE (-FE→EE)

A grace note added in FES
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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.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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

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