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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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b. 2

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

Fingering written by Chopin into FED

No teaching fingering provided
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 2-6

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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In A, Chopin notated some of the repeating figures of the accompaniment in an abbreviated form using the signs '//'. Cf. bars 69-75.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 2-6

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

No slurs in the left hand in A (→GE→FE)

The slurs arbitrarily added in EE
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In EE, slurs were added in the left hand in those bars. This is definitely the editor's revision that was supposed to emphasize that slurring was binding throughout the entire Nocturne. EE also introduced similar revisions in bars 16 & 31.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 2

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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In GE (→FE) Chopin's dolce was replaced with the abbreviation dol. In EE the full name of the term was restored.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 3

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

Cresc. hairpins in A

GE

FE (→EE)
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We give the extent of  in line with A. Those hairpins are visibly shorter in GE and FE (→EE).

Cf. the characteristics of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE