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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 70

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

 in A

 in GE

No hairpins in FE (→EE)
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The hairpins  in A only relate to the ascending part of the semiquaver motif. The hairpins in GE, extended to the very end of the bar, give a definitely different suggestion for phrasing.  The mark was omitted from FE (→EE), most probably by mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 71

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

The lower slur of A, interpreted in context

The lower slur in GE and EE

FE

A possible interpretation of the slur in FEJ
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When read literally, the lower voice slur in A embraces just five semiquavers,  up to g flat2, which is probably one of quite many inaccuracies to be found in that part of the manuscript. In GE (and EE) the slur embraces six semiquavers, and in FE it reaches up to the crotchet e flat2, which seems most natural in the light of slurring of analogous motifs of the upper voice. The mark added in FEJ may, but does not necessarily have to, be a slur.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of FE , Annotations in FEJ

b. 75-76

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

A diminuendo indication in A

GE (→FE)

The editors' suggestion

EE
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This dynamic indication was written in A as dimin and completed with a line that delimited the extent of its application. In GE (→FE→EE) that line was simply treated as an abbreviated word ending. Our proposal combines all the visually important aspects of notation found in the sources. 

In EE both indications in this bar were given as abbreviations. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE