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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
FE1
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. 56

A more probable interpretation of the accent in  A

 The accent in GE (→FE→EE)

The accent in A is not a typical long accent, yet this interpretation becomes much more probable if we take into account the analogous phrases of  the Nocturne and similar context in other works. The editions have a short accent here..

Compare the passage in the sources »

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Warsaw