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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
GE1
Main text
A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Later impression of GE1
GET - Toruń copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French Edition
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
FEFr - Franchomme copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English Edition
EE3 - Later impression of EE1
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  b. 17

An accent added in FES

No piano practice tip in A (→GE→FE→EE)

The editors' variant proposal

The accent added in FES completes the process of emphasizing the expressive significance of B double flat bass notes started by Chopin's corrections of FE in bar 18 and 20.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies, Annotations in FES

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Warsaw