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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Corrections in A

b. 15

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

The slurs in A

GE (→FE→EE)
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Chopin wrote his slurs in A with extra care, he even lengthened the first slur visibly. Nonetheless, the slurs were printed in a distorted form in GE (→FE→EE).  

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Corrections in A

b. 17

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

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Visible in A is the deletion of the tie sustaining the grace note f2.The change introduces a uniform performance of all the similar figures in bars 12, 16, 54 & 56.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A

b. 33

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

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It is clearly visible in A that Chopin changed the last note in the left hand from f to a flat.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 34

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

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In A there are traces of changing the 3rd semiquaver from a to e and the 5th semiquaver from c sharp1 to a.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 34

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

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The deletion in A allows one to see that originally Chopin wrote the sixth e2-c sharp3 as the 3rd quaver of the bar. The change was probably made after the whole bar had been written in - the proof of that is the   raising c2 to c sharp2 in the second half of the bar. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections