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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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b. 45

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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We add cautionary flats before g flat2 and g flat. A similar addition was made in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 45

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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We add a cautionary  before e flat.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 49

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

D flat in A (→GE→FE→EE)

An octave sign written into FED
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The sense and authenticity of this sign in FED is doubtless, yet due to the much more powerful and longer-sounding bass register of contemporary pianos this variant may only be used with utmost caution. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Bass register changes , Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 49-50

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

Without an entry from the teaching copy

A complete entry in FES

A possible interpretation of the entry

A less possible interpretation of the entry
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The meaning of the slur entered into FES is not clear. One of the possible interpretations is a variant in the form of a run filling the octave leap of the melody. If we take into account the hardly legible sign in bar 50 and perceive it as the digit 8, we may conclude that the run goes up to c4.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES , Authentic post-publication changes and variants

b. 51

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

A grace note added in FED

No grace note in A (→GE→FE→EE)

Our suggestion - grace note as a variant.
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The grace note in FED definitely indicates the manner to begin a trill. This allows us to read it, despite unclear notation, as a c2. We add a cautionary natural because of c flat1 in the L.H. part.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Authentic post-publication changes and variants