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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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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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and espressivo in A

GE

FE

EE

Our suggestion based on A

The hairpins in A have the upper arm much longer than the lower one, yet the beginning of that sign is clearly linked with the second quaver of the bar. In GE the hairpins were matched to the beam, which was reproduced (with slight inaccuracies) in FE and EE.

We place the indication espressivo above the upper staff, not to interfere with  .

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Unclear hairpins in A

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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