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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 37

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

A tie sustaining c sharp2 in A (→GE) and FEFr

No tie in FE (→EE)
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The tie sustaining c sharp2 was probably omitted in FE (→EE) by the engraver. It was added again in FEFr.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Annotations in FEFr

b. 39

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

A slur in A (→GE)

No slur in  FE (→EE)
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Absence of a slur in FE (→EE) is certainly due to oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 39

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

A short accent in A and EE

A long accent in GE

No accent in  FE
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The accent in A is much shorter than the first sign in this bar. In GE both signs are almost identical - both have the form of short hairpins  and look like long accents. In FE the second sign was omitted, and EE has an ordinary accent instead. The consistency of the version of EE with the notation of A should be treated as a happy coincidence, as that edition definitely had no access to the manuscript. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 54

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

A slur in A (→GE)

FE (→EE)
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The slur in FE (→EE) is certainly erroneous - most probably, the engraver (getting his bearings on the basis of the grouping of notes between the rests) embraced the triplet and one note towards the rest with the slur, but he mixed up the directions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 54

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

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In the figure on the 4th quaver of the bar FE (→EE) has erroneously a semiquaver rest instead of a demisemiquaver rest.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE