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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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b. 70

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

A slur in A
 
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The slur in A clearly refers to the semiquaver motif; nonetheless, it begins from the crotchet  a flat2 at the beginning of the bar in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 70-72

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

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In FE (→EE), a cautionary  was added before g flat2 in both bars. In the main text we preserve the more rational notation of A (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 70

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

 in A

 in GE

No hairpins in FE (→EE)
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The hairpins  in A only relate to the ascending part of the semiquaver motif. The hairpins in GE, extended to the very end of the bar, give a definitely different suggestion for phrasing.  The mark was omitted from FE (→EE), most probably by mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 70

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

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FE bears traces of moving the minim head from b flat1 to d flat2.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Terzverschreibung error

b. 70-71

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

A more precise version of the fingering in GET

Fingering written into FES, bar 73

Fingering in FED

Complementary fingerings combined

Version without teaching fingering
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In the main text we give the fingering collected from complementary entries in GET, FED and FES (the entry in FES relates to an analogous fragment in bar  73 – cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 17). The numeral 5 entered in GET over the second semiquaver of bar 71  definitely means the change of fingers on the a flat2 crotchet, and therefore we add a tiny slur next to it.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES , Annotations in GET