Issues : GE revisions

b. 5-13

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

GE (→FEEE): semiquaver after the last note of the triplet

Notation in keeping with Chopin's understanding of this figure

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In bar 5 in GE (→FEEE) the semiquaver in the figure  is moved to after the third note of the triplet in the accompaniment, similarly in bars 9, 11 & 13. This inauthentic notation, misleading for the performer, was used throughout the Nocturne – cf. bars 15, 51, 88, 89.

See the chapter devoted to this topic in: Jan Ekier, Introduction to the National Edition, Editorial Issues.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: GE revisions , Dotted rhythms and triplets

b. 14

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

E in GE1

C in FE (→EE) & GE2


 

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GE has E as the 6th quaver. Chopin corrected this error in FE (→EE). The correct version is also found in GE2 supplemented probably on the basis of [A].

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 15-26

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

GE (→FEEE): semiquaver after the last note of the triplet

Notation in keeping with Chopin's understanding of this figure

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In bar 15 in GE (→FE→EE), the semiquaver in the figure  was moved beyond the 3rd note of the triplet in the accompaniment, similarly in bars 17, 20-22, 24-26. This inauthentic notation, misleading for the performer, was used throughout the Nocturne.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: GE revisions , Dotted rhythms and triplets

b. 17

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

d in GE1

d in FE (→EE) & GE2

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The lowering d to d is missing in GE1. It is presumably an error, corrected by Chopin while profreading FE (→EE). The natural was also added in GE2 possibly according to [A].

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 17

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

Short accent in GE (→FEEE)

Our suggestion—a long accent

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions