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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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b. 51

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

A long accent in A

A short accent in GE (→FE→EE)
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 52

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

  in A

GE (→FE→EE)
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Disregarding A, the hairpins  in GE (→FE→EE) were stretched to fill all the available space between con forza at the beginning of the bar and the hairpins   at the end, surely contrary to Chopin's intention.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 53

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

A more probable interpretation of the accents in A 

Accents in GE

Accents in  FE (→EE)
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It is not clear whether the accent over b flat1 in A is a long or a short one. We tend to favour the latter option, contradictory to the manner in which it was interpreted in GE (→FE→EE).

The second accent in that bar, under b flat2, is clearly a long one in A and in a sense also in GE, in which it has the form of a short diminuendo. In FE (→EE) nobody paid attention to the length of those signs and both accents were given as ordinary short ones. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 54

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

A long accent in A

Hairpins   in GE (→FE→EE)
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A long accent from A was interpreted in GE (→FE→EE) as half-bar long hairpins  . The comparison with the analogous bar 56 resolves any possible doubts as to the meaning of that sign. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 54

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

 A, graphic reading

 GE (→FE→EE)
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The hairpins in A may be considered slightly too short (which is difficult to notice in practice with the narrowed notation of  A). Still. Chopin could not have intended a half-bar mark visible in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Unclear hairpins in A