Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 11

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

A slur in A & EE3

A shorter slur in GE

No slur in FE (→EE1)

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In the edited text we give the most natural reading of the slur of A. The slur in GE may be considered as its less natural interpretation. The concordance of the slur added in EE3 with the slur in A is accidental, as the corrections of that edition [EE] had GE as the starting point.

In FE the last two triplets of the R.H. semiquavers were mistakenly placed over the three last notes of the left hand part. FES has signs written into the score that indicate the correct synchronisation of both hands.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 11

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

 

GE (→FEEE)

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The beginning of the mark from the 5th quaver of the bar is doubtless in A. In GE (→FEEE) the hairpins begin  one quaver earlier.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 12

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

A small tie sustaining c2 in A

Absence of the tie in GE (→FEEE)

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In GE (→FEEE) the tie sustaining c2 is missing.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 12

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

A grace note without a slash through the stem in A

A grace note with a slash in GE (→FEEE)

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In the edited text we preserve the notation of A, despite the fact that a slashed grace note represents the actual execution more accurately here. Chopin did not always adhere to the conventional rules of musical notation for grace notes.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 12

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

A wedge in A

A dot in GE (→FEEE)

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Instead of a wedge appearing in A, the editions have a dot printed here. Generally speaking, the engraver used dots only to indicate staccato throughout the entire Nocturne in GE (→FEEE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE