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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. 56

A more probable interpretation of the staccato sign in A

A dot in  GE (→FE→EE)

It is not certain which staccato sign Chopin actually had in mind in A. The comparison with analogous situations makes us consider a wedge to be more likely than a dot. Still, the editions have the dot. 

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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