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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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EE1
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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. 46-47

A more probable interpretation of the slur in  A

The slur in GE (→FE→EE)

The slur is drawn inaccurately in A and poses interpretation difficulties, particularly its right end. For reasons discussed in notes to bars  2-3 and 26-27 we consider it more probable that it was supposed to reach a flat1 . In the editions, that slur embraces only bar 46.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

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Original in: National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh