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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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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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e flat1 in A (→GE>FE) and EE3

f flat1 in EE1

EE1 has  f flat1, obviously erroneous, as the 4th semiquaver The rule whereby the 2nd and the 4th note of any particular accompaniment figure must be the same is strictly observed in the Nocturne. The error was corrected in EE3.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

notation: Pitch

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Original in: Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Warsaw