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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 32

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

A beam in  A (→GE)

A flag in FE (→EE)
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We give the certainly authentic notation of A (→GE). It seems very unlikely that Chopin intentionally changed that notation in the proofing of FE (→EE). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 33

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

A wedge in A

A dot in GE

No sign in FE (→EE)
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A distinct wedge in A was – like all others – reproduced in GE as a staccato dot. In FE (→EE) the sign was omitted. A trace visible in FE may mean the deletion of the dot, but as we are not quite sure, in the main text we give the wedge written by Chopin in A 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 35

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

 in A (→GE)

No dynamic marking in FE (→EE)

The editors' suggestion
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The lack of hairpins   in FE (→EE) is most probably due to the engraver's oversight. However, as we cannot definitely rule out the possibility that the mark was removed by Chopin when he was proofing FE, we give the hairpins in parentheses.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 38

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

A wedge in A

A dot in GE

Absence of any sign in w FE (→EE)
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The wedge of A was rendered as a staccato dot in GE. In FE (→EE) the sign was omitted altogether, probably due to the engraver's mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 39

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

cresc. in A

GE

FE

EE
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The sources differ in the placement of the indication cresc.; in subsequent editions that indication moves farther and farther apart from the place where it was originally written by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies