mUltimate Chopin

Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
A
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
compare
  b. 73

expanded in A

condensed in  GE (→FE→EE)

The indication smorzando is written in A over the entire bar, as Chopin visibly tried to stretch the word as much as he could. We reproduce that nuance of notation in a conventional manner, breaking the word into syllables. In GE (→FE→EE) it was written as one word at the beginning of the bar. 

Compare the passage in the sources »

category imprint: Differences between sources

notation: Verbal indications

Go to the music

.